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Welcome to finale night
for Survivor 49.

Well, the first half
of this season,

tribal loyalty
was as permanent as a tattoo--

bold, visible,
impossible to remove.

Even after two tribe swaps,
those original tribe colors

were etched
into every strategic decision.

And then the merge happened.

And it was as if, overnight,

those tattoos vanished.

Memories wiped clean,
old tribal loyalties forgotten,

like a collective
Survivor amnesia set in.

And since then,

any alliance has been, at best,

a temporary tattoo,
easily washed away

and replaced with a new one
the next day.

So here's what we know.

Five players, three days left.

Who knows how
this is gonna play out

because this has been
one of the most unpredictable

post-merge games
we have ever seen.

Here's the one thing
we're certain of:

individual immunity
is gonna matter a lot,

because that is the only way to
guarantee you stay in this game.

All right, our final five:

Rizo, Savannah,
Soph, Sage, Kristina.

Tonight, we will have
two immunity challenges,

two Tribal Councils
and then a fire-making showdown.

Then the final three will
get a chance to plead their case

about why they deserve
the title of Sole Survivor

and the million dollars
that goes along with it.

And then we will crown a winner

of Survivor 49

and immediately
go into the aftershow

here in the beautiful
jungles of Fiji.

Finale night's
our big night for Survivor.

We love our finale nights.

So let's get to it.

Here it is, the finale

of Survivor 49.

♪

RIZO:
This is where legends are born.

I'm expecting fireworks,

and I don't think
anyone's gonna let up.

PROBST:
Previously on Survivor...

Let's go.

Yeah!

I can

block someone's vote.

In theory,
this gives us the majority.

I am casting this Block a Vote
Advantage on Savannah.

So I don't have
an advantage anymore,

and hopefully this works.

SAGE:
There's one person that

certainly could beat me,
and that is Steven.

We're good.

SOPHI:
I actually have

a lot of power here.

I have the Knowledge Is Power
Advantage.

Am I gonna use it
to steal Steven's advantage

or am I gonna
go against Rizo and Savannah

and steal Rizo's idol?

I have a little something here

that I've been quiet about
for a while.

I'm sorry, Steven,
but do you have an advantage?

- Nope.
- [laughing]

Oh, my God.

[sighs]

If anybody has an advantage or
an idol and you want to play it,

now would be the time to do so.

RIZO:
All right, Jeff.

I've had this idol
for a long time,

but I'm not gonna
play it tonight, Jeff.

Thirteenth person voted out and
the sixth member of our jury:

Steven.

You friggin' turd.

The tribe has spoken.

♪

- Congrats on final five,
everyone.
- Nice.

This is the finale.

I will say,
I don't know what the ...

- happened for us to get here,
- KRISTINA: What happened?

- but we got here.
- SAVANNAH: We're all

- friggin' final five.
- SAGE: Whoo!

It feels kind of cool
to be in the final five

of Survivor 49.

I think it's, like, finally

starting to hit me for realsies.

- Whoo!
- Oh, my gosh. We made it.

SAGE:
I feel bad that I feel good,
because, like,

one of my best friends
I just sent home.

Great, great player.

Probably hates me now, but...

SAVANNAH:
No.

SAGE:
But, like,

this is an individual game.

And at the end of the day,

I'm playing for me,
not for Steven.

Oh, Rizo.

- You turd.
- Sorry, guys. [chuckles]

SAGE:
Congratulations on final four.

Yeah. Congratulations,
final four, Rizo.

SAGE:
You're playing
that friggin' thing.

RIZO:
Survivor record,
nine Tribal Councils

without having to play it
with everyone knowing about it.

- You're such a turd.
- RIZO: That's why.

[laughs]

I feel like the fact that

I bamboozled everyone

into thinking that
my idol expired at six

truly shows everybody

that, "Wow, Rizo's willing

to risk it for the biscuit."

SAVANNAH:
Uh-oh.

- ♪ One boy on a beach ♪
- [Kristina laughs]

RIZO:
♪ One boy on a beach. ♪

I guaranteed my spot

in the final four

not playing my immunity idol
at this last Tribal Council.

So the fact that
I'm at final five

and I'm going to be here
in the final four

is just so surreal.

That just means
I'm just one immunity win away

- from winning this game.
- [laughs]

SOPHI:
Guys...

I have a pit in my stomach.

SAGE:
You're good, Soph.

- Guys!
- RIZO: That was so funny.

That was so stupid!
I'm gonna look like an idiot.

RIZO: That was so funny.

- SOPHI: No, it was not epic.
- It was so good.

It was an epic failure.

I guess the curse

of the Knowledge Is Power
Advantage lives on,

because I didn't
play it correctly.

And then, on top of that,
I embarrassed myself

in front of the jury
for no reason.

- I'm super ashamed of that.
- KRISTINA: No. Don't be.

SOPHI:
Every part of me
wishes I stole Rizo's idol,

because I could have secured
my spot in the final four.

And so I need
to make up for that now.

It would have been cool,
but then it wasn't.

[laughs]

SOPHI:
But I am going to the final five

basically the swing vote,
right in the middle.

Kristina and Sage
want to work with me,

and Rizo and Savannah think
I have blind loyalty to them.

And so...

I can pretty much
do whatever I want

at this next Tribal Council.

This is the homestretch.

This is when
you give it all you got,

and that's what I'm gonna do.

♪

♪

♪

♪

- SAVANNAH: Oh, no.
- RIZO: Oh, it's a boat.

- I knew it, man.
- SOPHI: Oh, no.
- KRISTINA: Oh, boy.

Wow!

RIZO:
We see this boat coming up.

And as every fan of the new era
knows, it's like,

"Oh, my God. this has to do
something with immunity."

And I'm thinking, like,

I've been pretty much
dead last in every competition.

If this is an advantage,
I need to get it,

so I at least

have a shot at this thing.

"An advantage
for today's challenge

"is hidden in the jungle...

"waiting to be earned.

"Scattered across
the island are color-coded bags.

Each one holds puzzle pieces."

SAVANNAH: Somewhere, hidden

in this massive jungle,

there are five bags

with different puzzle pieces
in each bag.

We have to go collect
all the bags, one at a time,

and then put together

some sort of puzzle.

SOPHI:
When we get the puzzle together,

we have to look
for the advantage

in the jungle.

"Solve the puzzle.

"Then race
to claim the advantage

before someone else
gets there first."

- [laughs]
- RIZO: All right, guys.

- Let's have some fun.
- All right.

One, two, three.

- Go!
- [Kristina screams]

♪

People take off.

I don't have on any shoes.

Like, it is
a hot mess out there.

It was literal chaos.
I'm exhausted.

And I'm trying to tell myself,

like, "You are in the final
five. Give it all you've got."

[groans]

There's a lot of places
to go collect bags.

And you got to figure out
where those five bags are.

And you have to bring each
one of 'em back individually.

So I already know,
right off the bat,

this is gonna
require a lot of running.

Oh.

Oh, come on, people.

I'm only five, four.

[grunts] Oh, okay.

SOPHI:
We have no gas in our tank.

And somehow, that
million dollars is fueling me.

Like, I'm right there.
I see the finish line.

- And I'm like...
- Oh, sorry.

Nothing is stopping me
from trying to find

friggin' puzzle pieces.

SAVANNAH:
This island's huge, but
out of all the five people left,

like, I'm probably
in the best cardio shape.

Like, I feel like I got this.

Honestly, like,
I'm creaming everybody.

I'm getting
all the puzzle pieces.

I'm the first one back.

And I'm actually the first one

who finishes my puzzle.
I knew I would be.

And I find the location.

It's kind by tree mail.

And I take off.

RIZO:
Savannah very quickly
finishes the puzzle,

and in Rizo fashion,
I just copy her puzzle.

And I'm thinking to myself,
"Oh, my God.

This is déjà vu to day one fight
for supplies against Alex."

But Savannah

and I come out on top,

so we're both off to the races

to find this advantage.

Why did I go the long way?

SAVANNAH:
I'm exhausted. I'm gassed.

I got no sleep last night.

But, literally, the only thing
propelling me forward

is that thought in my head.

"You need this advantage
because you need

"to win today.

"If you don't win today,
you're going home,

and your journey out here
is over."

And I know making it
to day 24 out of 26

sounds like
a huge accomplishment,

but 24 out of 26
is not enough for me.

It's across from the tree mail,
by the big tree.

I just start digging.

I'm on my hands and my knees,

looking for any sort of bag.

Tree mail, across from the tree.

Need to stay calm.

RIZO:
Did you find it?

SAVANNAH:
No, I don't know where it is.

I know it's around here.

And then I see Rizo,
but I'm like,

"Okay, you know, I like Rizo.

"Like, I wouldn't mind
if Rizo had the advantage.

"So, like, he can help me look

for this thing."

And then I see Soph,
and I'm like, "Okay.

"It's my girl Soph, like,
I wouldn't

mind if she has it, either."

We're all part of this alliance.

So the three of us are digging.

So, you know, it's all good.

And then Sage comes.

So when Sage

gets here, I start panicking.

'Cause I'm like, "Dude, how
have I not found this by now?

"I literally had,
like, a five-minute lead

"on everybody out here.

Like, am I just a fool?"

RIZO:
We're digging,
trying to find this thing,

and I'm thinking to myself,

"It's not here.

"Let me run back to the map

and find it."

But Mommy is very tired.

Whoo.

We're doing nothing but cardio
when Mommy comes home, babies.

I'm really telling myself,

"Just finish for your kids."

Mommy's good at puzzles.

And so I put the puzzle
together, like, in two seconds.

All right.

And then I see Rizo, like...

Maybe there's still a chance.

I don't know where it is.

SAGE:
Everyone's digging,
and I instantly know,

based off the map,
this isn't in the ground.

This thing is up in the air.

- It seemed like
it was in the air.
- Yeah.

Feel like it's gonna
be somewhere

- more obvious.
- Yeah, it wasn't...

SOPHI:
I see everybody digging,
so I'm like, "Wait a second.

I got to think
outside of the box here."

I'm gonna start
looking above and beyond

because everybody's
looking down.

It has to be somewhere else.

[quietly]: Oh, my God.

And then
I see a bag in the trees.

I start throwing coconuts
at this thing, and I'm like,

"I'm not good at aiming.
I don't think

I'm gonna be able
to get this thing."

But then I see a bamboo.

I got it.

- SAVANNAH: You do?
- You did?

Where was it?

Oh, my God.
I never win anything!

Good job, Soph.

"Congratulations,
you have earned an advantage

in today's immunity challenge."

Aah!

- Yay.
- SAVANNAH: Yay!

If I couldn't find it,

I genuinely would have wanted
Soph to find it.

Like, I want her to succeed

almost as much as I want myself
to succeed out here.

Yay.

Getting this advantage
definitely makes up for

the blunder that I had
at Tribal Council last night.

- Good job.
- Thank you.

This might be what wins me
the million dollars

and what helps me

maybe blindside Savannah
at the next Tribal Council.

♪

Come on in.

- [laughs]
- What is that? Nice.

Dude, this is unreal.

SOPHI:
Monkey bars?

What the actual heck?

There they are.

Here we are.

The final five of Survivor 49.

This is insane, Jeff.

Wow.

You're trying to kill us,
Uncle J.

Shall we get to it?

- Let's do it, Jeff.
- PROBST: First things first,

Savannah,
got to take back the necklace.

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

Once again,
immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're
gonna crawl through a muddy pit.

You'll then race
to dig up a grappling hook.

You'll use that hook
to drop a ladder.

You'll then race up the ladder
into a crow's nest,

where you will grab a rope.

Then, using that rope,

you will walk on a barrel

to a very tall platform.

When you get to the platform,

you'll maneuver a bag
of puzzle pieces to the top.

When you get to the top,

you'll race to solve
a Survivor shark puzzle.

First person to finish

this challenge wins immunity,

is guaranteed
a spot in the final four.

That means you cannot

be voted out of this game.

At the very least,

you're making fire

for a shot to get to three.

In addition,
you're playing for a reward.

- Yes!
- Wow.
- Yo.

- Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go, people.
- Wow. I didn't know...

- PROBST: Want to know
what you're playing for?
- SAVANNAH: Let's do it, Jeff.

Pizza, pizza.

The winner will be
taken to the sanctuary,

- where good things happen.
- SAVANNAH: No way.

Oh, my God. Please.

For steak.

- Oh!
- KRISTINA: I knew it.

- I knew it.
- SOPHI: Oh, my God.

PROBST:
Mashed potatoes.

- Oh, wow.
- That's a game changer.

PROBST:
Red wine.

Not the red wine.

- Carrot cake for dessert.
- [gasps]

It will give you
the energy you need

for that final push.

Wow.

PROBST:
Losers, Tribal Council,

where somebody will be
the 14th person voted out,

becomes the seventh member
of our jury.

This morning, there was
a scramble for an advantage.

How did that go?

I won it, Jeff.

PROBST:
You won it.

All right, Soph,
your advantage is,

when you get to the end
and you have to maneuver

your puzzle pieces to the top,

they will already
be halfway up there.

- Ooh.
- SOPHI: Okay.

All right, biggest challenge
of the season so far.

We'll draw for spots.

Let's do it.

We'll get it on. Here we go.

PROBST:
All right.

Here we go.

For a guaranteed spot
in the final four.

Survivors ready?

Go!

Here we go. Money, money, money.

First, your good friend,
the mud.

Crawl through that mud!

This is it, right here.

- [grunting]
- You want to get to four.

Nothing is easy about this.

That net is heavy.

That mud is thick.

It's in your face,
your eyes, you're tasting it.

Savannah's gonna be first out.

Now you're digging
for a grappling hook.

Here comes Kristina.

Look at that.

Who's surprising
themselves again?

Here comes Sage.

Rizo. Dead last,

- it's Soph.
- [groans]

Oh, my God. This is ridiculous.

PROBST:
Now you're digging.

You're looking for a bag.

That bag
has a grappling hook in it.

Who's gonna get it first?

Kristina's got it first.

Kristina in the lead.

Savannah right on her tail.

Soph, keep digging.
You are in this.

- SOPHI: This is so crazy.
- Soph gonna need that advantage

she worked
so hard for this morning.

[groans]

Oh, my God.

What the ... was that?

PROBST:
Soph is now out.

Start digging, Soph.

Here comes Sage.

You're trying
to hook that metal ball.

It's about rope management,

getting it out there far enough

to reach that ball,

so you can drop that ladder.

Rizo's got his.

There goes Sage.

Rizo's got it.

Rizo's the first to drop.
You're good, Rizo.

Head up that ladder.

Now Rizo in the lead.

[grunts] Where the ...
is this thing?

PROBST:
Rizo heading up
in that crow's nest.

It's Rizo in the lead.

Savannah hooks her ball.

Will it be enough?

Savannah drops hers.
You're up, Savannah.

Soph now has her grappling hook.

Got to get it out.

Rizo up, untying his bag,
looking for a rope.

There goes Savannah.
She's at the crow's nest now.

Whoo!

PROBST:
Rizo heading down the slide.

Savannah has hers. She's down.

Right now,
it is Rizo and Savannah.

Kristina drops her ladder.

Here comes Savannah.

Got a rope now
with a monkey's fist.

You're gonna use that,

secure your line,

and then you're gonna
walk on that barrel.

You are trying
to hook it right here.

- Here comes Kristina with a--
- Ow!

I'm okay, I'm okay.

PROBST:
She's all right.

Welcome to Survivor, Kristina.
24 days.

You got it. Get up. Let's go!

You got this.
You got a shot to win this.

[panting]

♪

PROBST:
Savannah hooks hers.

That's gonna do it.

Now Savannah's
got the rope she needs

to start walking on that barrel.

Rizo, he's got his rope.

It's Rizo on the barrel.

Savannah on the barrel.

Soph still working.
Sage still working.

Sage drops her ladder.

It is now Soph still
trying to drop her ladder.

I was not made for this.

PROBST:
Sage heading down the slide.

She's gonna be in this.

It is Savannah
with a bit of a lead over Rizo.

This is a tricky part
of the challenge.

Don't want to fall and go back.

You got to start over.

Yes.

PROBST:
Soph has her ladder.

Soph trying to get back in this.

She's got an advantage waiting,
if she can make up some time.

It's Savannah in the lead,
then Rizo.

Then Sage and Kristina.

Whoo!

Soph is down. She's in it now.

You're good, Savannah.

It's now Savannah in the lead.

She can start
working on that next phase.

Rizo hanging on.

You're good, Rizo.

Rizo now joins Savannah.

Sage locks her rope.

She can start
working on the barrel.

This last phase is puzzle pieces

that you've got to get
to the top of this platform.

There goes Sage. She falls.

Got to push that barrel
back and start again.

It's Soph and Kristina

trying to secure their rope.

Soph secures her rope.

Soph has an advantage.

If she can make
good work of this barrel,

she can be back in it.

You got this.

PROBST:
Savannah nearly at the top.

Rizo nearly at the top.

Rizo's up top first.

He can start
working on his puzzle.

You're good, Savannah.

Soph just a few footsteps away.

You're good, Soph.

Soph now has a big advantage.

She's gonna make up
a lot of time right now

as she does not
have to maneuver that bag

for half of the pole.

Look at that.

Soph is back in this.

She was dead last.

Sage just
a couple of steps away.

You're good, Sage.

Let's go, Kristina.

[groans]

Ow.

PROBST:
Kristina drops. Got to go back.

Kristina has taken
so many hard falls this season

and gets up every single time.

Doing it for the kids, Kristina.

- Okay.
- PROBST: Soph made up
a lot of time.

She's untying
those puzzle pieces.

This is where this challenge
is gonna be won or lost,

right here.

Who's gonna pull it out
at the puzzle?

Sage, you're here.

It is Soph, Rizo,

Sage and Savannah
all on the puzzle.

Savannah has won

three individual
immunity challenges.

This would be her fourth
and would put her

in an extremely elite league

of women who have done that.

Kristina's up here.

Kristina's in it now.

Everybody gonna be
working on the puzzle.

Final five,
fighting for a shot at four.

♪ Ah! ♪

PROBST:
Rizo celebrates...

a piece.

Sometimes one piece
is all it takes,

- Very true.
- and you start
to get a little momentum.

Things start to come into view.

Look at this. Kristina's here.

It is Savannah
in the lead by a piece,

but Rizo now starting
to make a challenge out of this.

- Oh, my God, yes, I am.
- Rizo with another piece.

Sage with another piece.

Soph not afraid
to look down the line.

SOPHI:
Nope.

PROBST:
Savannah with another piece.

It's now Savannah extending
her lead a little over Rizo.

Savannah now
decidedly in the lead.

Savannah has
completed the circle.

One piece at a time,

Savannah getting closer

to a record-tying
fourth individual immunity win.

Savannah with another piece.

This is Savannah's right now
to win or lose.

There's another piece
for Savannah.

Savannah is closing in
on Survivor history

as the only women

to win four individual
immunity challenges

in a single season of Survivor.

And in doing so,

she will guarantee herself
a spot in the final four.

It's over.

- Savannah has done it.
- Wow.

PROBST:
Her fourth individual immunity.

Wow, what a challenge.

On day 24 of final five,
Survivor 49.

KRISTINA: Insane.

Actually scary.

Tremendous effort in so many

different ways
by everybody here.

Savannah, the victory is yours.
Come on over.

Thanks.

- For the fourth time
this season,
- Such a badass.

individual immunity is yours.

You're guaranteed
a spot in four,

which means no matter what,

you cannot
be voted out of this game.

At the very least, you'll be
making fire for a spot in three.

It also means
you have tied a record.

You have matched
Kelly Wiglesworth,

Jenna Morasca,

Kim Spradlin, Chrissy Hofbeck
and Rachel LaMont.

Five women have done this.

All right, so...

in addition to everything else,
you've earned reward.

You're gonna fuel your body
for the final four challenge.

Yeah.

You're gonna choose one person

- to join you.
- Oh, wow.

PROBST:
Talk to me about who and why.

SAVANNAH:
Okay, this is a hard decision.

Um...

There's one person who's
gone a long time without eating.

Aw, crap, don't look at me.

And we haven't always been
on the right side of the vote.

We haven't always
been on best terms.

But at the end of the day,
Sage, I love you so much,

and I want to enjoy
this steak with you.

- Oh, we're gonna enjoy it.
- SAVANNAH: Yeah.

- PROBST: Sage, come on over.
- Are you really sure?
- SAVANNAH: Yeah.

Wait, can I hug you? [laughs]

Yeah.

- SAGE: Thank you so much.
- SAVANNAH: Yeah, sure.

PROBST:
All right, Savannah, Sage,

head out,
boat's waiting for you.

- Enjoy your time
at the sanctuary.
- Let's do it.

- Good job, guys.
- SAGE: Bye, guys.

- Good-good effort, good...
- Enjoy.

SOPHI:
Enjoy.

Oh, I stink right now.

PROBST:
All right, Rizo, Soph, Kristina,
got nothing for you.

Grab your stuff,
head back to camp.

See you tonight
at Tribal Council.

Somebody will be
the 14th person voted out,

- [Soph groans]
- become the seventh member

of our jury.

SOPHI:
Taking my time.

Okay, maybe I will go past you.

SAVANNAH: They've been trying
to get me since this merge,

and they can't get me.

It feels amazing.

Like, I know
how many people have wanted

to write my name down.

And so knowing that
they missed their opportunity...

Oh, my gosh,
it literally makes me smile.

[laughs]

♪

- [Sophi groans]
- KRISTINA: Ugh.

RIZO: Look how dirty we are.

This is the final.
This is the finale.

- RIZO: Yeah.
- You got to work for it.

Savannah takes Sage
on the reward.

And now,

I have time with Rizo and Soph.

- That was insane.
- That was hard.

KRISTINA:
There's only five of us.

There's not
that many places you can hide.

Savannah won
an immunity necklace,

which messes everything up

because she was
gonna be the easy vote.

You have Rizo, who...
This stupid idol.

♪ La, la, la, la, la. ♪

KRISTINA:
He's guaranteed final four.

And then
their closest ally is Soph.

They're not gonna vote her out.

And we can't play
a Shot in the Dark,

which means it's either
gonna be myself or Sage.

And, honestly,

may the best woman win.

I know it's-it's
either me or Sage tonight,

so we both have to, obviously,
do our case or whatever.

My ideal final three
is actually the three of us.

Okay.

- KRISTINA: Um...
- I'm not opposed to that.

I don't know how
you've been reading the jury,

but I'm telling you right now,

Sage and Savannah
beat the three of us.

They win.

At this point in the game,
it's about a million dollars.

- KRISTINA: It's about
a million dollars.
- So it's, like, I'm not...

- Just because Savannah, Soph
- Yeah.

and I worked together the whole
game doesn't mean, like...

- I'm here to win, too.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah.

And that's what I'm, like...

I'm honestly trying
to make a case so that you

- Yeah.
- really have a chance.

- Yeah.
- Because I honestly think

- if you go
with Savannah and Sage,
- Yeah.

- You're third.
- Yeah.

KRISTINA:
If I'm gonna leave,

then I'm going out
kicking and screaming.

And I'm gonna
make a good case for myself.

And I'm gonna fight for myself.

Okay, let's say Soph or I win.

- Yeah.
- You would want to go
against Savannah in fire?

- A hundred percent.
- Okay.

KRISTINA:
Even if I won, and I'm not even,

like, just BSing with y'all...

- You would go
against her in fire?
- I-I think I would have to.

- Yeah.
- SOPHI: Kristina...

Because me and her
have been at it the whole time.

RIZO: Right.

Sounds good with me.

SOPHI:
Savannah winning immunity

kind of ruined all my plans.

I wanted to blindside her.

I was ready to make a big move.

Though I love her, I don't want
to sit next to her at the end.

- And I'm leaning towards you.
- KRISTINA: Yeah.

- Keeping you,
I'll be honest with you.
- BOTH: Yeah.

But yeah, we do have to talk.

- I know you guys have to talk.
- You know?

But, luckily,

me, Savannah and Rizo--
we're the Tres Leches alliance.

We have the majority at five.

So we have the upper hand.

We can choose between

Kristina or Sage.

Me and you have to
go to the final three,

and we need to decide,
do we want to sit there

- with Kristina or with Sage?
- Yeah. Yeah.

'Cause let's look at the jury.

You don't think we have
a better chance at-at winning

against Kristina than Sage?

Kristina does make
a very good case for herself

in the fact that
she is somebody that

can be beatable at the end.

If the final three
is Soph, Kristina and I,

I feel like I have the best shot
of winning the million.

So what do we want to tell Sav?

Yeah, well, let's hear her out.

It's gonna be a pivotal vote.

So if it was up to me,

I would want Kristina to stay

and vote Sage out of this game.

SAVANNAH: I'm so excited.

Literally, romantic dinner.

- Wow.
- Let me get your chair.

Oh... Oh!
Okay, thank you.

- Please.
- Oh, my God.

Sage is someone who,

in this game,
we've had our ups and downs.

And so for me, today's reward
is partially about

feeding someone
who's gone the longest

on this beach
without having food,

but also sharing a good meal
with someone

who I genuinely
respect as a competitor.

And I know that might not be the
most strategic move out here,

but at the same time, like,

I've been playing this game
on a personal level

and leading with my heart,

and, today, my heart said,
"I want to eat steak with Sage."

So that's why I took Sage.

This is so cool.

- Steak, mashed potatoes...
- Oh, my God.

Yeah!

I literally feel like
we're at, like, a little

romantic, like...

You are so kind
for taking me, Savannah.

Of course.

I think it speaks
so much to your character.

Thank you.

And if you win tomorrow,

- you make history
for our season.
- I know.

Yeah.

That'd be so freaking cool.

SAVANNAH:
Right? I know. [laughs]

I love that.

I'm feeling elated that

not only
do I get food in my belly

for the next
and final challenge,

I also get to spend some
one-on-one time with Savannah,

who I've had a rocky
relationship with in this game.

And to be able to say now

we are legitimately friends
is a weird spot to be in.

Like, I need to eat a slice

of humble pie 'cause, you know,

you can just never
shut out any options.

I am not one to put people
in a position to be like,

- "Hey, take me."
- Yeah.

But I feel like with Kristina,

yes, I don't think
she has the best résumé,

but she's really good at fire.

- I know.
- So, like,

I don't want to downplay her

- or downplay myself. Like,
- Yeah.

if you guys are willing,
like, I'm with you.

Sage, I want to bring you,
like, to the final four.

I want you there with me,
you know?

- I appreciate you so much.
- Seriously. And, like,

honestly, I do think
Kristina's easier to beat.

- Yeah.
- But, like, I don't even care.
Like, I want

- to be up there
with people who...
- You're a competitor.

Yeah, I want to be up there
with people who I like

and who I appreciate and who
I respect, and, like, you're...

you're that person.

Ultimately,
I don't want Kristina

as part of my final four.

Kristina can make fire
probably better

than any of us,
and I don't want her

to get anywhere near
the final three.

So for me,

it's an easy decision.
Kristina, you got to go.

Hey, pretty girls!

SAVANNAH: I'm pretty sure
Rizo and Soph are gonna be

on the same page as me.

We've never really had to have

major debates
on who we want out.

I'm nervous
'cause I know I'm on the line.

I would be shocked
if Rizo and Soph

- are on a different page.
- Yeah.

So I feel really confident that

when we vote out
someone tonight,

it's gonna be an easy decision.

All right, should we chat?
What'd I miss?

- Sav, can I be honest?
- Yeah.

I kind of want to vote Sage out.

I can't write her name.

How come, Sav?

SAVANNAH:
Why do you want Kristina?

Kristina will beat us in fire.

I'm like, "Wait. What?"

We don't like Kristina.
Why do you want her here?

RIZO:
At Final Tribal Council,
the votes

that I think I can get,
Sage will take from me.

SAVANNAH:
In my head, I'm like,
"Dude, instead of worrying

about final three right now,
shouldn't we worry

about just getting
to final four,

and who we can beat in fire?

So you feel better about going
up against Kristina in fire?

- I feel like I can.
- Have you seen her make fire?

I have.

She's good.

- STEVEN: Go, Kristina.
- Yay.

SAVANNAH:
I can't beat

Kristina in fire,
I'll tell you that right now.

To me, Kristina feels like
the easy decision,

but not the right decision.

Final Tribal Council, you think
Sage is gonna outtalk you?

RIZO:
No.

But it would be easier
to do it against Kristina.

Since when are you looking
for the easy way out?

- I know.
- [Savannah laughs]

RIZO:
It's hard because it seems

that Savannah wants
to keep Sage.

And this is the first point,
24 days in,

we're finally at a stalemate.

We're finally at a disagreement.

I don't want to make you mad.
I'm just...

But I'm here
to win this million, to stamp

my legacy as one of the greatest
players to win this game.

And for me,
that is keeping Kristina,

and that's what
I plan on doing tonight.

SOPHI:
I guess I'm gonna have
to make the decision, guys.

SAVANNAH:
I know. No pressure.

RIZO:
Yeah, ball's in your court.

SOPHI:
I need, like, a little bit
of time to think about it.

- SAVANNAH: Yeah.
- SOPHI: I haven't even talked

to Sage yet.

I'm kind of
in an interesting position today

because Rizo really wants
to keep Kristina.

But Savannah thinks that
keeping Sage

is better for her game.

I'm in a position right now
where I'm trying to think

what's best for my game.

Know that I'm, like,
way more leaning towards you.

I just...
I have to think of the options.

- I know.
- Like,

Kristina's not gonna
win this game.

I can tell your heart's
not fully on me,

and, like, I understand.

No, the worst part is
is my heart is on you.

- My head's on her.
- Just think about

- not only this vote,
but, like, what happens next.
- I know.

- I know.
- Because here's the thing.

If Rizo or Savannah
win tomorrow,

they're probably putting you

- and Kristina in fire.
- Yeah.

SAGE:
I'm nervous. I'm not gonna lie.

The only thing

that I have
in my back pocket is,

out of all five of us,
Kristina is

hands down the best at fire.

So if that makes Soph nervous,

that might be my only ammunition
to-to plead my case tonight.

And they're gonna put you up
against Kristina in fire.

For sure. They're gonna
pick each other.

But if me and you end up
going up against fire,

I would love to go out swinging
with you like that.

No, me too.

I just have
to think about it, you know?

Sage has a lot
of really good points.

But at the same time,
the more that Sage talks to me,

the less I want
to keep her because

she's very strategic.

Like, she's thinking way more
than Kristina is.

And it's reminding me of why

I think I could beat Kristina

at a final three because

she's not
a very strategic player,

whereas Sage is,
and she's shown to be

because she's been
on the right side of the votes.

She's very well connected
with people in the jury.

I don't know. I have no idea.

I literally think I'm gonna
make the decision at Tribal.

This is the last vote
of the season, and

I just really
can't screw this up.

I screwed up
the last Tribal Council

by using my Knowledge is Power
Advantage incorrectly,

and so, I think
it's really important

that whatever decision
we make today is the right one.

All right, you tell me
what your gut feeling is.

I-I literally don't know.

Why? Oh, so that you can...

Oh.

RIZO:
Soph and I get
to pick who goes home now.

And to be quite honest,
Soph has been

nothing but loyal to me,
and has been proven

to want to take me to the end.

So I want her
to be in my final three.

- I'm proud of us regardless.
- I know. Me too.

- Seriously.
- SAVANNAH: Yeah.

We've gone as far
as a trio can go.

Ever since the swap,

Soph, Savannah and I, aka Tres
Leches, have been unbreakable.

We have voted together
every single Tribal Council.

And the fact that
we're now at final five

with all the power just shows

the trajectory that
we've had in this game,

where we started from
the bottom, but now we're here.

- I just want to win.
- I know you do.

I'm sorry.
I don't mean to cry. I just...

- Don't worry about it.
- I'm just so close.

I know you are,
and you can ... do this.

I know, and so can you,
but I just don't want you

to think I'm selfish, and
I want to do it for my family.

Rizo, I would never think
you're selfish

- for playing a game
for yourself.
- Yeah.

So, tonight's gonna be hard,

because the way that
this Tribal Council is going

to shake up is that
every player is for themselves.

Because everybody,

at this point, is making
the best choice for themselves

to win that million dollars.

♪

We'll now bring in the members
of our jury.

All right, I want
to start with you, Savannah.

And I want to go back
to this afternoon

when you tied this elite record

by winning your fourth
individual immunity challenge.

Have you had any time
to just think back on that

from the point of view
of that little girl

who was dreaming,
"Maybe one day I could do that"?

SAVANNAH:
Honestly,

I don't think
you're gonna like my answer.

But no, I haven't.

And I know that's probably weird

to hear because
this is a major accomplishment.

And not a lot of women get to

wear this necklace
four times in a season.

But yeah, I will say,
I didn't come out here

to tie any records.

I didn't come out here to make
Survivor history in that way.

I came out here
to be the winner.

So that's where I'm at today.

I'll give you a better answer
on day 26, whether I'm up here

or on the jury
or wherever I'm at, but

I feel like I can't
really even celebrate today

because I'm so focused
on what I came here for,

and that's to be
the Sole Survivor.

PROBST:
All right, so, Kristina,
somebody's going home tonight.

Somebody's gonna
be the 14th person voted out,

become the seventh member
of our jury.

What happened this afternoon?

KRISTINA:
Jeff, it's really kind of

straightforward.

So, you have Savannah,
who cannot be voted out tonight.

You have Rizo with his
nine lives immunity idol

that maybe he'll play tonight.

You have Soph,
who's been with them

since the first tribe swap.

So, that leaves Sage and myself.

And Sage is an amazing
social player,

and I don't think
people really understand that.

And that is what my argument was
to the three of them today.

And I even mentioned, like,
the ball balance challenge.

Savannah won,
but who got the hugs that day?

PROBST:
So Sage, Kristina takes

the approach of compliments.

"Sage is such
a great social player.

You better watch out."

That's scary
'cause that's a great approach.

What's your approach
to the three

about why it should be Kristina
and not you?

SAGE:
I think if you just listen
to how she laid all that out,

well, that made me sound like
a freaking rock star.

Imagine how
she's gonna pitch herself.

And there's some parts
of that, Kristina,

I'm gonna be honest,
like, hurt.

When you mentioned
people hugging me

after the challenge

and trying to make that into
a game-like thing,

that, for me,
was an outside-game moment.

That was people acknowledging,
like, "All right,

Sage needs some encouragement.
Like..."

So you're saying
in that moment...

Oh, I'm not done. I'm sorry.

And social aspect,

yes, I'm weird and goofy,
and it makes people laugh,

but I'm also one
of the quietest people here

'cause I need a lot
of social-battery recharge time.

I appreciate the compliments,
and I know you're doing

what you got to do over there,
but, like...

I just... I...

Jeff, it's bringing up
a lot of crap

where I'm always,
like, the expendable one.

And, like,

I've come a long way
in dealing with that.

But this game
just brings crap out of you.

And I've...

PROBST:
So you mean expendable

in life, in your life back home?

Yeah, like,
I've always had a hard time

just making friends.

Like, people, when...
usually when they do, like,

include me in a friend group,
it's because

I'm, like, the goofy one
that they can just laugh at

and, like, have fun with.

So, like, for me
to put my game on the line

in that last Tribal Council,
by getting out somebody that

has been a really kind person
to me in this game--

because Steven
was one of the ones

that actually understood
my weirdness-- and now,

I just look like
a friggin' idiot.

- Can I say something?
- Yeah.

I don't think
that you see yourself--

and I'm not trying to, like,

downplay anything you just said,

or, like, disregard anything
you just said--

but what you just said yourself
is that people are drawn to you,

and I think you see yourself
as expendable,

but you're not.
And that's the case

that I was trying to make,
is that

the people on the jury,
the people here,

genuinely do like you,
and it's not...

But I can say the same thing
about you. Like,

you've got, like,
no blood on your hands.

I've, like, taken
person after person out.

But I think that's also
the strategic thing,

and that's where
I was going with that, is that

you've known everything.

- I've been completely...
- How...

What have I known, though?
You're saying I know everything.

I'm saying,
with every single vote,

Sage has been a part of--

except for
the blindside of Jawan--

and in that,
she still had a strategic move

and made me play my idol,
making me look crazy.

- And I failed, epically.
- And...

But that was the goal
of that vote.

Even if you didn't know
about Jawan,

you still wanted
to draw my idol out.

PROBST:
Soph, what's so important

about this conversation is
you don't win Survivor.

You get to the final three
and you plead your case

and the jury decides
who wins Survivor.

So, who you sit next to
is everything.

How terrifying is it
to sit here and listen

to two very good speakers
make their case?

SOPHI:
Yeah. I mean,

who's doing a better job
at pleading

why they should stay
than the other?

Like, should I be thinking twice
about what they're telling me?

Because what they're telling me
is what they want me

to hear, and why they want me
to keep them.

So, it's a testament
to both of their social games.

They've done a really good job

at kind of making this
really hard for us.

PROBST:
And Rizo, is that

because you can't
be fully honest,

even with people you've been
voting with, because

"It is now my self-interest,

"and I'm not sure that
my interest is aligned

with anyone else's"?

Jeff, it's really just come down

to whose personal agenda
matters more.

Because at the merge,
us three were in the minority.

And look at us now,
at final five with the majority.

That says something about us
as an alliance.

But now this is not
about an alliance, Jeff.

Three people don't win
a million dollars.

Only one of us
will win this game.

And ultimately,
what it comes down to is

which one of our agendas
will come out on top,

for one of the four
that's remaining

will be the Sole Survivor
in a couple of days.

I got to say, this is
what you want at final five.

The people
who think they're in trouble

fighting to stay in the game.

And the people
who think they're in charge

uncertain about what to do.

It is time to vote.

Sage, you're up.

♪

Ugh.

I'll go tally the votes.

If anybody has an advantage
or an idol,

and you want to play it,

now is the last time
you can do so.

All right, Jeff.

I wish I had
something clever to say,

but the boy who cried idol
will finally play his idol

after nine Tribal Councils.

- This one's for me.
- Thank you.

This is a hidden immunity idol.

Any votes cast
for Rizo will not count.

I'll read the votes.

First vote:

Sage.

Kristina.

One vote Sage,
one vote Kristina.

Kristina.

That's two votes Kristina,

one vote Sage.

JAWAN: Mm.

Fourteenth person

voted out and the seventh member
of our jury:

Kristina.
That's three. That's enough.

Need to bring me your torch.

Thanks, guys. Love you.

[whispering]:
Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.

Uncle J.

- Kristina...
- Mm-hmm?

the tribe has spoken.

Can I give you a hug?

Of course.

Thanks for everything.

Thanks for being out here.

Oh, it was fun.

Time for you to go.

Good game, Kristina.

- Bye, guys. Love you.
- SAVANNAH: Bye, Kristina.

Congratulations on making it

to the final four.

I'll see you tomorrow for
your final immunity challenge.

Grab your torches,
head back to camp.

Good night.

They made
the absolute best decision.

I had my final three speech
ready to go.

And honestly,
I'm so proud of myself.

And my mom really is with me.

She was with me
this entire time.

So having that experience
out here has just

completely transformed my life.

♪

Come on in.

Wow.

Who would have thought
this final four?

Day 25, Jeff.

PROBST:
Soph,

early on in this game,

if I said, "I know
things seem rough right now,

- Yeah.
- "but I've seen the future,

and let me tell you
who the final four is,"

- would you have believed me?
- No, Jeff,

I would not have believed you.
I feel like

I've defied all odds out here.

But, I mean, it's a testament
to why you should keep pushing,

no matter what situation
you're in on Survivor.

Like, there's still a chance
to get to the end.

And here I am,
and here we all are,

and I feel like each one of us
deserves to be here, so,

I'm super happy and grateful,
but I feel like,

you know, I earned it.

All right,
shall we get to your final

immunity challenge?

- Let's get to it, Jeff.
- First things first, Savannah.

Got to take it back again.

Thank you.

For the last time,
immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge,

you're gonna
leap into the ocean

and then head to shore.

You'll dig under a log,

then cross a balance beam,

collecting two handles
and a ball along the way.

You will use those two handles
to collect a second ball.

Once you have both balls,

you'll first race
to assemble a table track.

And then you will maneuver
those two balls

along that table track,

landing them
in two separate targets.

First person to finish
wins immunity.

Guaranteed a spot
in the final three.

You will get a chance
to plead your case

to your jury about why

you deserve to win this game,

why you deserve the title
of Sole Survivor

and the million dollars
that goes along with it.

You also have power,

'cause you get to say,
"Here's who's gonna sit

"in that second spot

"and here's
who I'm gonna force

to make fire
for that third and final spot."

- Big enough stakes? All right.
- [all voicing assent]

We'll draw for spots
and we'll get it on.

Here we go.
Good luck to each of you.

SAVANNAH:
Oh, wow.

All right, here we go,

for a guaranteed spot

in the final three.

Survivors ready.

Go!

First you got to get to shore

as fast as you can.

This might come down to seconds.

This is where you leave it all.

Last bit of gas you got.
Rizo up the beach first.

Then Savannah.
Look at Soph digging in.

- [groaning]
- PROBST: Here comes Sage.

Got to dig under this log.

Now you're gonna find sandbags.

Another added obstacle.

Day 25, Survivor 49.

Soph gets her first sandbag.

She's small enough. She might
be able to get through.

[groans]

PROBST:
That hole only has
to be big enough

for your body. That's it.

Savannah's through quickly.

It's now Savannah in the lead.

You're gonna retrieve
two handles and a ball

while crossing that beam.

- [grunts]
- Here comes Rizo, right behind.

Here comes Sage.

- [grunting]
- Soph, fighting.

Got to get that sandbag
to create a little more space.

You're looking
for two handles, one ball.

Savannah in the lead.

Then Rizo, then Sage,
then Soph,

once again, dead last.

[grunting]

[groaning]

PROBST:
Here comes Soph.
She's gonna get through.

- Okay.
- PROBST: Soph is back in this.

Savannah near the end
of this beam.

Got to get that second handle.

But Savannah has hers,
and you're across. You're good.

Now you're gonna
use the two handles

to retrieve that second ball.

Rizo has his second handle.
Rizo's good.

He can start working
on that second ball.

You've got two handles.

They're flat on one side,
they're concave on the other.

Concave is gonna make it easier.

You're trying
to maneuver that ball

up to the top of the cage
and out the top.

You're good, Sage.

Sage now can start working
on that second ball.

Everybody is working on the ball

in the cage now, except Soph.

Rizo drops.
Got to start again.

Soph has her second handle.
Soph's in it now.

Everybody's in it.
This is what you want, day 25.

This is where strategy
is out the window.

This is about learning curve
right now.

How quickly can you

figure out
how to use those two handles

and get that ball
to the top of the cage?

I can't do this.

PROBST:
Rizo getting closer

to the top.
He's figured something out.

One little move at a time.

This is where being slow
and patient works.

Rizo has his second ball.

It is Rizo in the lead.
Savannah's close to the top,

but she's on the edge.
You got to get it to the center.

The track in and of itself
is a puzzle.

So first, you got
to figure out the puzzle.

Then you'll maneuver the balls

along that puzzle
to their targets.

Sage doing a really nice job,

slow and steady.

Sage has her second ball.

She can move on
to the table track.

Savannah has her second ball.

Savannah can move on
to the table track.

You're now assembling
the track that will

guide that ball to the target,

so you have to
have the track right.

It is Savannah,

Sage and Rizo
working on their table track.

Soph still working on that ball.

This is ridiculous.

PROBST:
Day 25, immunity on the line.

Savannah doing a nice job.

Sage, no emotion,
slow and steady.

Rizo struggling
to get his together.

A familiar sight in Survivor 49.

PROBST:
Soph, once again, in dead last.

She's figured this out.
Now you got to get the ball

to the center and the top,
and you're in this.

And Soph drops
and loses all her progress.

PROBST:
Frustration setting in,

but a familiar story

'cause Soph keeps digging.
Let's go, Soph.

You want a shot to win this, you
got to get through this phase.

SOPHI:
God!

PROBST:
Savannah has already tied

the very elite record of women

to win four
individual immunity challenges.

A win by Savannah today

would create a new record

and put Savannah at the top

of the challenge mountain
for women.

With her fifth
individual immunity win,

she would join an elite group
of six people

who have won five
individual immunity challenges

over 49 seasons of Survivor.

Savannah's got a shot at it,

but you got to win.

Soph making more progress.

Once again trying to get
that second ball to the top.

Final immunity challenge.

You want to at least
have a shot.

Sophi very close.

She's got it.

Soph's in on it now.
She can start

working on that table track.

She's got a lot of time
to make up,

but anything is possible.

Savannah has hers together.

You're good, Savannah.

Savannah can start working
on that first ball now.

All she has to do
is land two balls

in two targets.

History could be unfolding
right now.

Can Rizo, Sage
or Soph catch her?

Soph is making really quick work
of this track.

If she's right,
she can be back in this quickly.

Savannah--
lot of learning curve

figuring out this maze.

Soph is whipping

through this table track

like she designed it herself.

Rizo gonna come next door,
see what he can learn.

Soph, you're good.

Soph is in this now.
It's now gonna be

Soph and Savannah

for that final
immunity necklace.

Sage very close.

Soph now gonna start
with that first ball.

Nobody has any yet.
This challenge is now

wide open.

Soph attacking it.

It's like Soph has
played this in her backyard

her whole life.

Soph is making really fast work
of that first ball.

Soph lands her first ball!
It is now Soph in the lead.

Everybody's chasing Soph.

Sage, you're good.

Sage quickly
has pieces together.

Now Sage is good,
and it's just Rizo.

PROBST:
Soph is one ball away

from winning this challenge
and guaranteeing herself a spot

in the final three.

This would be
an unbelievable comeback

if Soph could
actually pull this out.

And she is very close
to doing it right here.

- And she does. It is over.
- Oh, my God! Aah!

PROBST:
Soph has won her first

- individual immunity.
- SOPHI: I did it!

- Oh, my God.
- PROBST: Guaranteed a spot

in the final three.

- I can't believe
that I just did that.
- PROBST: Wow.

- What a comeback from Soph.
- What the hell?

PROBST:
Dead last in this
challenge again,

and no quit.

What the...? [laughs]

What the hell?
That's crazy, Jeff.

- Wow. What the hell.
- RIZO: I'm so proud
of you, Soph.

I did that so fast.
I did that so fast.

- And you guys...
- I saw you.

SOPHI:
I feel like I've been fighting
since day one.

I haven't won a single thing.

And I've had to survive without
immunity, without an idol,

without a necklace,
without a lot of allies.

I went into the merge with one
person from my original tribe.

Like, I really started
at the bottom.

And here I am.

I've earned my spot
at the final three.

Like, I'm gonna get to wear

- that necklace, and, like,
- Hell yeah.

now I really feel like

I do have a shot to win this.

And, like, it's ap...
Nobody can take it away from me.

It's crazy.

Soph, come on over.

- [cheering, applause]
- Right here.
- Oh, my...

Aw, yeah, give me a hug.

Oh, my God, this is a dream.

I loved watching
all that emotion.

What's the feeling right now?

SOPHI:
I'm just, like,
really proud of myself, and

to top it all off, I win
the final immunity challenge.

Jeff, like, this is crazy. Like,

my family's gonna go crazy.
I'm here for my grandmother.

I hope
she's proud of me up there.

Like, we used
to watch it together

- when I was a kid.
- Mm-hmm.

And after she passed away,

I made it my mission to
come on to-to connect with her.

And I feel like
every single day,

I've felt her with me,
and I told her,

"If it's my t... it's my turn
to win, let me win, Lita,

but if not, it's fine."
I'm just, like, so grateful

for this experience and just
grateful that I just did that.

I'm so proud of you.

PROBST:
So here's the deal, Soph.

- Yeah?
- You are in the final three.

- Yeah.
- You will get a chance
to make your case.

You have earned that.

You've also earned power,

because tonight,
you're gonna decide

between Sage, Savannah and Rizo.

Who do you put
in that second spot?

- And who do you force
to make fire
- SOPHI: Yeah.

against each other
to earn that third spot?

A huge strategic decision.

Yeah.

All right, everybody grab
your stuff, head back to camp.

See you tonight
at Tribal Council.

- Great job, Soph.
- Oh, my God.

What the hell?

I cannot

believe that I have this
around my neck right now.

Like, this is a fever dream.

I haven't been able
to win anything out here.

Not even when I was in a tribe,

not when I was doing
individual immunities,

and I won when it mattered.

And so,

I have every shot
to win this game.

I'm still here,
and I earned my spot

to the final three.

♪

Soph just punched her ticket

to the final three!

Congratulations.

SOPHI:
I won the final
immunity challenge of season 49,

and I'm going to the final three
because of me, nobody else.

I quite literally
started from the bottom,

and now I'm here
right at the top of this game,

and I can plead my case

as to why I should win
the million dollars.

I can't even believe I did that.

SAGE:
Epic.

- To come from behind.
- I know.

Not only did I win
when it most mattered, but

I also have to decide
who I'm bringing with me

and who I'm sending
to fire tonight, and

I have to make sure that whoever
I take to the final three

with me is somebody that
I'm confident that I can beat.

And then I also have
to consider who I send to fire.

Who do I want
to send home, essentially?

I have no idea
what I'm gonna do tonight.

I don't think
there's also anything

that you could say
to convince me or anything.

Like, I think
it's literally gonna be,

I'm gonna spend a lot of time

by myself today
and think about it.

- And I hope you guys, like,
- Yeah, of course.

- respect that, and I...
- RIZO: Hell yeah.

I would just suggest,
like, practicing fire,

'cause I don't think I'm gonna,
like, give it up, you know?

I've never seen

Savannah, Rizo or Sage
make fire before, so,

I have no idea how tonight's

fire-making challenge
is gonna go

with whoever I decide
to put in there.

But I earned this necklace
for myself,

and this is my decision,
ultimately.

So, I want to make sure
that I make the right one.

And so, if that means
taking all day to figure it out,

then that's what I'm gonna do.

They need to focus
on practicing fire

and I need to focus
on making the right decision.

How are you gonna play a game
with someone for so long

and, like,
not even hear them out?

And I get that you want it to be
your decision, but, like...

- Yeah.
- I think there's
a way to do both.

I'm really disappointed
in Soph because if

we really want to have me, Soph
and Rizo in the final three,

Soph would put Rizo against Sage

in that fire.

I have the least experience
with fire over anyone here.

And the fact that this decision

for Soph is not obvious--

it tells me that
she's seriously considering

putting me out there

because she views me
as a threat to win this game.

And it's annoying because
I thought we had each other's

backs this entire game.

It feels like
I'm getting screwed over.

Like, is this the real Soph?

It feels like I didn't know
my best friend out here.

I think that's why
it's so hard, you know?

And so, instead
of pleading my case to Soph,

like I initially imagined
I would be able to,

I'm now learning how to make
fire for the very first time.

I don't know how people make it

to day 25
without ever setting a fire,

but I've never
set a fire out here.

Yo, I didn't actually think
it was gonna catch.

And then in, like, a minute,
I actually get a flame,

and I'm like, "Maybe
this is something I could do."

You can do this, Sav.
You can do anything.

I need to be my number one
cheerleader right now,

because here,
I don't know who has my back.

This is actually crazy.

I can't believe
I did that just now.

So I got to believe in myself.

I will never,
ever, ever give up.

SAGE:
I'm extremely nervous
going into tonight.

Um, I have no idea
what to expect,

but I actually really love

that Soph is not letting us
plead our cases,

because that way,
wherever she puts me tonight,

I feel like that's where
I'm meant to be,

and I'm gonna give it my all.

Ow.

At this point,
it's just a matter

of getting to the final three.

And if Soph takes me, great.

If I have to make fire,
at least I still have a shot.

Oh, my God, I hate you.

I feel semi-confident
of going into fire.

But at the end of the day,

all three of our fates
are in Soph's hands.

Now I just have to make it grow.
How do I make a fire grow?

The taller sticks
burn the fastest.

That's what
you want to put last.

RIZO:
Patience

is a virtue in this game.

When your patience

is gone, so are you.

I can easily
get this flame started.

It's just building it to the top
is what I don't understand.

Did a bird just poop on me?

That's got
to be a good omen, right?

If that doesn't mean
that's good luck for me tonight,

then I don't know
what else that could mean.

It really is gonna
be a crapshoot tonight

'cause Sage, Savannah
and I really have no experience.

I probably

have the most,
with maybe two to three fires

made the entire game,
whereas Sage

and Savannah are
at a whopping goose egg.

So, tonight's
gonna be interesting.

[grunts]

But my mind
is in the right place,

where it's, like,

it's go big or go home, and

I feel like I have
a really good chance of winning.

I would prefer going to fire
against Savannah because

it allows me to guarantee
my spot in the final three

and kind of give me a situation

where I can make
a million-dollar move.

And for me,

while I played this entire game
with Savannah,

Soph, at this current point,
is my number one.

And Savannah is my biggest
opposition to win this game.

And if that means
taking out my ally,

a guy's got to do
what a guy's got to do

to win the best show of all
time, and that's Survivor, baby.

SOPHI:
This is definitely
the hardest decision

I've made in this entire game.

I've been working
with Savannah and Rizo

since the first swap.

I've been loyal to them--

to a fault, sometimes--
and I have

been going back and forth

between my head and my heart
in this game.

And tonight,
now that I have the power,

I'm playing with my head.

I'm gonna make
a logical decision,

but I have to make sure
that it's the best

strategic move for me,
'cause it could be

what costs me or wins me
a million dollars.

♪

We'll now bring in our jury.

[mouthing]

PROBST:
All right.

Well, before we get
to the big decision,

let's talk about the day.

Soph, it centers around you.

You won the final four
immunity challenge.

And in doing so,

you guaranteed yourself a spot

at the final three
tomorrow night.

You will get to face the jury.
So let's just talk about that.

When you get back to camp,
did you take any time to just

let that sink in that
you did it, you got to the end?

For sure, Jeff.

I mean, like,
winning this necklace today

was such a full circle moment
for me in this game, because

I really started at the bottom.

I've been playing so hard
from the beginning.

Not even because I wanted to,
but because I had to.

And I won
when it mattered the most.

And I'm so proud of that.

So, Rizo, you all
go back to camp.

What's the feeling?

Because everything sort of

centers around Soph.

Jeff, for the first time
in this game,

it really was,
like, dead silent.

And I truly mean that.

And Soph put it upon herself
to tell us, like,

"Guys, it's gonna be
a game-time

- "decision for me. Uh,
- Mm.

"I don't know
what I'm gonna do,

but whatever I do
is gonna be best for my game."

And truthfully, like,
I respect that.

And for me, personally,

I don't want
to be taken to the end.

I came to Survivor
for these big moments,

and I know I haven't
performed in challenges,

but if there's a time
to cement your legacy,

it's winning final four.

- Mm-hmm.
- So, my mindset
coming into tonight's

Tribal Council is that
I'm making fire tonight.

Sage, how did you
experience this afternoon?

Very similarly.
I-I think all three of us,

being Rizo, Savannah and I,

like, just kind of had
a heart-to-heart of, like,

"Listen, we're
on even playing ground,

"and, like,
whatever Soph's decision is

"is Soph's decision,
and we respect that,

"and we're gonna give it our all

like we have been
this whole game."

- Savannah, how about for you?
- SAVANNAH: Yeah, I mean,

I echo what these two said.

Um, except I will say,

while Rizo is excited
to make fire,

I would gladly sit this one out.
If we wanted to make

the decision
a little bit easier tonight,

I'll take one for the team.

But whatever she decides,
let's do it.

All right, before you tell me
your decision,

let's just put a little context
into how big a decision this is.

First time we did this,

our 35th season,
Chrissy Hofbeck,

one of the women
that Savannah tied this record--

she's an elite
challenge performer,

a great player--

she won the final four
immunity challenge.

And she learned of this twist
and she had to put Ben in fire.

Ben won fire,
went on to defeat Chrissy

and win the game.

Then in Edge of Extinction,

you have the other situation.

Chris Underwood wins the
final four immunity challenge,

and is so worried
that he can't beat Devens

that he puts himself in fire
against Devens.

He beats Rick Devens
and goes on to win the game.

It literally can be
a million-dollar decision,

right or wrong,
and you're the one making it.

Yeah.

So who's it gonna be?

Who are you going to
give the second spot to?

And who are you
going to force to make fire

to earn that third spot?

Yeah, so, I thought a lot
about this.

And there's two people
in this game

that I have been working with
since the day that we met.

There's trust, there's loyalty,

there's friendship there,

there's love there,
in and outside of this game.

But I came into this game
telling myself

I want to make a head decision,
not a heart decision.

And I came to not win second
or third place.

I came to win it.
And for me,

that means putting my two allies

to fire tonight and taking Sage

- with me to the final three.
- Holy crap.

Wow.

- Congratulations.
- I hope to God
- Yeah.

that that doesn't change
our relationship outside of here

because I love you guys so much,

but this is what
I think is best for me.

Sage, congratulations.

You are in the final three.

What is that feeling for you?

Crapping my pants,
Jeff, immediately.

- Really?
- Um, I don't... I don't know

what to tell you.
That's... It's a lot.

PROBST:
So, Savannah,

Rizo and Sage,
did you spend this afternoon

practicing making fire?

Is this something
you're good at?

Have you been doing it
a lot out here?

I'll just tell you right now,
we honestly might make it

to day 26 just because
we're so bad at fire.

When we voted Kristina out
last night,

one of my main motivators
was I did not want

to go against her in fire,

and so, I will be the first
to admit this is not my thing.

PROBST:
So you're not

feeling confident, Savannah,
about your ability to make fire?

I'm feeling, like, zero percent
confident, yeah. [laughs]

Rizo, door is open.
How are you feeling?

To be honest, Jeff, I feel
as confident as I could ever be.

I got a couple sparks today.

The only thing
that's stopping me

is lack of confidence,
and you know me.

I don't have any of that.

So, I'm gonna do
what I do every single day

and give it my Rizo all, and
let's see if I prevail tonight.

All right,
take your spots at fire,

- get yourself situated...
- Ooh.

Good luck, rock star.

- I love you.
- Love you too.

No one else
I'd rather do this with.

Yeah, hell yeah, let's kick it.

PROBST:
...and we will get to
our final four

fire-making challenge.

Savannah, Rizo,
I'm gonna give you

both a minute to settle,

get your game face on,

get your head in this game,

and then we will make fire.

All right, Savannah, Rizo,
it is time.

One of you is about to earn
your way into the final three.

- Good luck.
- Good luck.
- PROBST: One of you is going

to lose and become the eighth
and final member of our jury.

You both have
the same fire-making kit.

These are the same supplies
you had to practice with today.

The question is who's
gonna be most successful

and who's gonna
get fire the fastest?

- You ready to begin?
- Let's do it.

All right,
the fire-making challenge is on.

Good luck, guys.

PROBST:
You need heat, you need fuel,

and then you need oxygen
to get a fire going,

to get it to breathe, to let it

get high enough and hot enough

to burn through that rope
and raise that flag.

PROBST:
Very quickly,
Savannah scraping magnesium.

That is a great fuel.

Then you will strike
with the knife,

trying to get a spark
to light that fuel.

Been doing this challenge

since our 35th season.

Rizo now gonna start
scraping some magnesium.

Savannah quickly
trying to spark.

Savannah has a little bit
of a flame.

That hessian
is deceiving because

it'll burn quickly,

but it burns away
just as quickly.

PROBST:
Rizo has a little bit of flame,

trying to nurture it.
This is when

that little bit of baby breath
is what you want.

You don't want to blow it out.
You don't want to smother it.

There's one jury seat available

and one seat
at final three available.

A million dollars
has been won and lost

in the fire-making showdown.

Rizo's scraping a lot
of magnesium now,

trying to get a pile going.

And that might have worked.
He's got a little flame.

Rizo trying to nurture
that flame once again.

It's going out.

What am I doing wrong?

PROBST:
Savannah trying to get a flame.

Come on.

Savannah's flame
is starting to take.

The question is can she
make something out of it now?

Because that hessian
burns so fast.

Got to get some sticks
to take hold.

That is the key
to the early part of your fire,

is get a foundation
that'll keep that fire going.

Rizo gonna take a different
approach,

building a little foundation.

Savannah's flame continues
to go.

A long way from burning
through that rope, though.

Those are the kind of flames
that can get you excited,

and then they're out
before you even get a shot.

Savannah continues

to add more sticks to her fire.

Rizo trying to get a fire.

That's all you need is a flame
to have a shot.

Does Rizo have a flame?

He's trying to breathe it
to life, and he does.

Rizo now has a little flame.

He's got some work to do
to catch Savannah.

Quickly,
Rizo starts adding sticks.

Savannah's fire
is really growing,

just starting
to touch that rope now.

You can see the fibers burning,

but it takes a lot
to burn through that rope.

You can also see that
it's not quite high enough yet.

It would take a long time
to get through that rope.

That opens the door for Rizo.

Rizo now starting
to build his fire.

Stick by stick, same approach.

Savannah's fire
growing higher now

and consistently
hitting that rope.

You're looking
for that flag to pop,

and that means
you're in the final three.

Rizo continues to work, trying
to get something to take hold.

He's not panicking.

Rizo's fire--
has he smothered it?

No, it's still there.
He's got the flame.

Got to nurture it.
You got to build it carefully.

♪

Rizo now losing that flame.

Savannah not losing her flame.

That is a strong fire
made very quickly

and growing hotter and taller

by the moment.

That is a huge fire.

Now that flame
is all over the rope.

That is a Survivor fire
right there.

That's an inferno

- at the final four.
- [exclaims]

PROBST:
Wow.

Finally pops the flag.

This challenge is over.
There it is.

- Yeah.
- PROBST: This challenge,
Savannah

has earned her way

into the final three
of Survivor 49.

Rizo gave it a shot.

- SOPHI: I'm sorry.
- PROBST: He will become

the eighth and final member

of our jury. Wow.

For two people who didn't
know how to make fire,

one was right,
one was very wrong, and now

Rizo's fire starting to grow.

Story of my life, Jeff.

PROBST:
Day late, dollar short,

or in this case, a million?

- Something like that.
- PROBST: Wow.

Savannah, you're in
the final three.

What is that feeling?

I can't believe it.
Um, this is literally...

I-I honestly did not think
I was gonna win this.

I feel like I always
have the right words,

and right now I'm just, like,

I don't even know what
I'm feeling or what I'm saying.

PROBST:
You don't need
the right words now.

You'll need them tomorrow night.

So, Rizo,
different story for you.

Lasting 25 days

in the new era of Survivor
is quite an accomplishment.

You come up short.

You make it as far
as you can go.

You're forced to make fire.
You couldn't get it.

What's this adventure
been for you?

Oh, man, I think,
for me, Jeff...

you don't understand how much

the game means to me.

I talk about it with my friends
all the time, and I say,

"If Jeff Probst gives me
one shot at playing Survivor,

"I promise you I'm gonna
make a name for myself.

I promise you
I'm gonna be a legend."

And I finally
got the opportunity,

and it was time to put my money
where my mouth was.

And honestly, like,

for a little Albanian boy
from New York City

to come out here, and, Jeff,
to say I have no regrets,

to say that
I made my family proud,

to say I made
a whole country proud, Jeff...

I truly feel like
I left an impact on this game.

And sometimes not all the best
players always win the game.

And I feel like
I'm very happy with my journey.

I'm very happy to know I'm here

sitting next to three great
people that deserve the million.

And I wouldn't want it
any other way.

Well, I'm always
impressed with people

who show up to play Survivor,
even those

who get voted out,
and are on the jury,

and those
that are not on the jury.

You were a delight
to have out here.

I saw you give
and try to bring joy

and fun,
and play this game hard.

The result is...

you become the eighth

and final member
of the jury, Rizo.

You need to grab your torch.

- Good game, guys.
- Good game.

I'm proud of you guys.

I'm proud. Aw, man.

Jeff, RizGod seems
to be just mere mortal today.

[laughs]

If you could please
do me the honors

and fulfill my dreams,

and don't call me by my name,

but instead by my nickname
when you snuff my torch?

RizGod, the tribe has spoken.

[laughing]

- Thank you, Jeff.
- Time for you to go.

- Can I get a hug?
- You got it.

- I love you, man.
- I'm glad you were out.

- Yes.
- SAVANNAH: Thank you

- RIZO: Good luck, guys.
- for everything, Rizo.

- We love you.
- Love you, guys.

Damn!

[laughing]

Soph, Sage, Savannah...

congratulations.
It is a monumental achievement

to get to the end
of any season of Survivor.

The three of you did that.

One of the great parts
of this format is,

tomorrow night,
the power in the game shifts

from this side of Tribal
to that side.

People you voted out--
they decide

who wins the game.

Tomorrow night,
they're gonna be coming,

looking for information.

You better have
your game together.

You have one more night in Fiji.

I hope you get some sleep,
'cause you're

definitely gonna need it.

Grab your torches, head back
to camp. See you tomorrow night.

RIZO:
The man, the myth,

the legend, R-I-Z-G-O-D,

RizGod Baby was conquered.

Maybe I probably
should have took

some fire-making classes
before this, but I'm so grateful

to be here, and I made a lot
of people proud.

And I'm happy to say
I played Survivor 49.

♪

SAVANNAH:
I woke up this morning

as the sun was rising, and,
like, it just felt so indicative

of that feeling
that I have right now.

It's, like, this feeling of hope

and optimism
and just fulfillment,

and, like, a reflection
of everything that I've done.

This is exactly how I wanted
my Survivor experience to go.

Like, I can't imagine

a better ending to my story.

♪ Three girls on the beach ♪

♪ Three girls
on the beach ♪

♪ Three girls on the beach ♪

♪ Three girls
on the beach ♪

♪ Three girls on the beach ♪

♪ Three girls
on the beach.♪

SAVANNAH:
That is crazy. We, like...

We literally did.

SAGE:
I want to cry just thinking

about the fact
that it's an all-female

final three because

it's been 20 seasons.

That in itself is something
to be proud of. Like,

that was my dream.

SAVANNAH:
Holy crap!

- Aah!
- Oh, my gosh.

SOPHI:
Food!

Having that final breakfast

with the two other women that
I'm gonna be sitting next to

at the final three
Tribal Council...

- Oh, my God, I can't believe it!
- is so special

because it was our moment

to acknowledge
how far we've come.

- SAGE: Okay.
- Oh!

Aah!

SOPHI: It's also the last bit
of fuel that I need

before I go to this lion's den

where I'm gonna
pitch my case to win

our season of Survivor.

Here's to three strong,
badass women...

SOPHI:
What are we thinking about

our jury members?

SAGE:
At this stage of the game,

it's not up to the three of us

who wins the million dollars.

It's up to the jury.

It is scary to know

that my fate lies in the hands

of eight people that--

minus Jawan--
I had a hand in voting out.

I really love Nate because

he really gave this dad energy.

I really felt like
I looked up to him

- and I felt, like,
safe around him.
- SAGE: Mm-hmm.

SAVANNAH:
And when I think about Nate,

too, I also think about leader.

Yeah! [laughs]

SOPHI:
He really was

- a natural leader.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

NATE: From day one of Uli,

I saw Savannah

as the person who was a killer.

Savannah came here to win, and

at five feet tall,
she's a little dynamo.

- I wanted to work
with MC so bad.
- Mm-hmm.

PROBST:
Incredible balance by MC.

SAVANNAH:
That's the kind

of competitor
you want in this game,

but it's also
the kind of competitor

- you don't want
to go up against.
- SAGE: Yes.

MC:
I love

the fact that the final three
are all women,

so I'm excited.

But show me

that you want
to be Sole Survivor.

Don't try to play nice.

This is
the million-dollar Tribal.

- Alex.
- SAGE: Now Alex.

SOPHI: Alex and I--
we have the most history

of anybody in this game,

but he got a little bit sloppy.

SAVANNAH:
Yeah. He had

the best exit.

That's what I get
for playing both sides.

[all laughing]

You guys all talk?
What is this?

Soph deserves to win

because
she's the ultimate underdog.

Me and Soph were on a tribe
of two people, and

she found a group of people

that she was able to trust,
and they

worked together
to get to the end.

She really has come up on top

from starting from the bottom.

Is it time for my guy?

- Aw.
- It's time for your guy.

Aw!

Jawan is

not only a best friend,
but he truly is a brother to me.

And

it broke my heart to see him go.

- I'm so sorry.
- JAWAN: It's okay.

Sage deserves to win because

people underestimated her.

I think she was someone
that was always strategic

about trying to

hit her mark.

SAGE:
Sophie.

Sophie wins.

SOPHI:
Insane competitor. Like,

- she scared me out here.
- Uh-huh.

SAVANNAH:
I immediately popped her

as someone
who I could either work with

or against.

I'm not dropping.

I'm not just gonna
give it to you.

The fact that Savannah won

four individual immunities,

and she won them
when she really needed them, is

a strategy in and of itself.

Steven.

- Yeah!
- PROBST: Steven has done it!

SAGE:
Literally the person
that was going to win this game.

He had everything

- that he needed
- SAVANNAH: Uh-huh.

- and more.
- Yeah!

That was the one person

that I completely backstabbed.

Sorry, man.
I couldn't beat you, dude.

STEVEN:
Soph was

a silent assassin.

Soph blew me away,

and I think a lot of people
underestimated her

because she wanted them
to underestimate her.

- Kristina.
- [laughs]

SAGE:
So beautiful.

And her and I are both, I think,

kind of sensitive people.

I will always remember

her incredible strength
when she's, literally,

holding on to that beam.

Unbelievable effort!

KRISTINA:
Sage has really played a,

you know, a social game.

She had a relationship
with everyone,

and it was always
up to her and Jawan

which way the vote was gonna go.

Sage needs
to own her game, and...

she cannot be emotional tonight.

And if she can do that,

then she actually has
a really good chance of winning.

Rizo?

SAVANNAH:
When I came out here,
I was like, "Okay,

"I want, like,
a good ally who, like,

"we think kind of similarly,

and I need an ally
who can make me laugh."

And Rizo
was literally that person.

- [yelps]
- SAVANNAH: I think
he was honestly,

- like, the best strategic player
of our season.
- Yeah.

He wants you out hard.

SAGE:
He held on

to an original

- Beware Advantage immunity idol.
- Uh-huh.

- ♪ Ah! ♪
- SAGE: That is

- literally going down
in Survivor history.
- SOPHI: Legendary.

I hope that he gets
a chance to come back.

And I know that he has it in him
to be a winner.

And I feel like, in the future,
that this game is his.

Yeah, like, he will be back.

RizGod, the tribe has spoken.

RIZO:
Tonight, I need these women

to fight their tail off,

because you didn't
come here on Survivor

for second and third.

You came here
on Survivor to win.

They have a one-in-three shot
of being a millionaire.

And I need to see that drive.

And then there were three.

SOPHI:
Right now, there's
only one final hurdle.

And that's
the Final Tribal Council.

There were moments
where I think I might have

said that I thought you were,
like, an emotional player.

You don't have
to explain yourself.

I knew

that I was gonna be seen

as an emotional player out here.

But I'm gonna make it very clear

I'm a strategic player,
and a part

of my strategy was being seen
as an emotional player.

- I feel like
I want to cry right now.
- I-I love you. I know...

SAGE:
And I am a force to be
reckoned with because I've been

saving some huge ammunition

for that Final Tribal.

Nobody knows that I served
in the military for ten years.

I joined into the only
female combat job at the time,

and I think that's gonna
completely shock them.

What do you think
the jury's gonna ask us?

SOPHI:
They're gonna want a show.
They're gonna

want us
to go at each other's throats.

SAGE:
We've got to pitch our cases,
but, like,

my intent is to not downplay,
like, anyone's game.

However, you guys come at me,
that could change.

- Yeah, I'm right there with you.
- Do what you got to do.

SAVANNAH:
Even though I do feel like
I've played a better game,

if I take it easy at all,

I'm just gonna let these girls
walk all over me, and I cannot

have that. And tonight,
I'm really gonna let it rip.

SOPHI:
I got to the end of this game
with all the elements

you need to outwit,
outplay and outlast.

SAGE:
They see, like,
this fragile, sensitive

little bird,
but this little bird

has a grenade under her wing

and is gonna drop it
at Final Tribal tonight.

JAWAN:
This is act three
of the horror movie.

I want mayhem.

I want them
to really fight for this.

Who's gonna be
the ultimate final girl?

SOPHIE:
This is not
a popularity contest.

This is who played
the best game of Survivor.

RIZO:
The man, the myth, the legend

isn't here to do charity's work.

My vote is worth
a million dollars.

I need to see you

dig deep.

MC:
I just want them to
go for each other's throats.

[laughs]

JAWAN:
I'm excited to see how

this horror movie ends.

Welcome to your

Final Tribal Council.

To get here
is a big accomplishment,

because it means you survived

every Tribal Council.

Whatever it takes to avoid
getting your name written down,

that's what you have to do.

Tonight, it's the opposite.

Whatever it takes
to get your name written down

is what you have to do,
because, tonight,

the power in the game
shifts to the jury.

Eight people that you had a hand
in voting out are in charge.

They're gonna be
asking you questions.

They are looking for information

to help them make the biggest
decision of the game:

who's gonna win
the title of Sole Survivor

and the million dollars
that goes along with it?

It is your last big test.

All right, jury,
I'm gonna give you a moment,

and then we will begin.

♪

PROBST:
All right, jury,
let's start the Q and A.

Rizo, get us going.

RIZO:
Thank you, Jeff.

I have
a couple words of affirmation

that I want to say to you three.

I've played this game
from day one with Savannah,

and I'm super,
super frigging proud of you.

- [mouthing]
- RIZO: Soph, you are
an absolute rock star,

and I have no ill will
towards either of you guys.

- Thank you.
- RIZO: Sage, I've known you
since day one as well.

I love you guys
from the bottom of my heart.

Even though I'm super,
super sad I'm not there,

I'm glad that it's you three,

and I'm glad it's the two people
that I rode this game with.

So, good luck, guys.

Love you, Rizo.

PROBST:
Sophie.

First off, congratulations.

- You guys did it.
- Thank you.

SOPHIE:
You should all be so proud.

Pizza and champagne
are around the corner.

[Sophi groans]

SOPHIE:
Uh, so kicking us off,

you were all part
of either a duo or a trio.

What was your role
in your duo or trio,

and how was it different
from that of your counterpart?

Soph, kick us off.

SOPHI:
So, before the merge,

I was swapped to a beach

where there was
a majority old Uli.

And I kind of had
to be like a lost puppy

that needed a new home.

And so Rizo and Savannah--

they kind of adopted me.

And we balanced
each other out very well,

because Savannah was kind of
the muscle of the trio.

Rizo was, like,
the strategic part

of our trio.

I was more of, like,
the social player.

People were more open
to speaking with me.

So I had this, like,
social flexibility

that they didn't have.

And I was able to kind of
gather information to create

the blindsides that we did

and always be
on the right side of the votes.

And I really think
it's because of

the social game that I had.

Good answer.

SAVANNAH:
Yeah, honestly, I think

Soph really explained this
really well.

Um, although I do
want to give a little clarity

on my part of this trio.

I will say, the three of us
did consult each other

for every single vote,
every single move that we made

throughout this entire game.

We always
came back to each other.

As far as the muscle goes,
I will agree.

Like, I played that role
really well.

And every single time
that I got up there

for an immunity challenge,

I felt like it was almost this
responsibility for me to win,

for me to offer
some sort of protection

for our trio.

So, yeah, those immunity wins,
yes, they were for me,

but I also genuinely did feel

like it was
for our group as well.

And that's my part.

Awesome.

SAGE:
So, obviously,

my duo, Jawan, hello.

Miss you dearly.

I connected with Jawan
almost instantly

over mental health
and just being weird

and talking about poop
and stupid stuff.

And then come the merge,

I wanted Jawan to be more
of the relationship builder,

which allowed me
to play my strategic game

under the radar.

What you all don't know about
me is, right out of high school,

I enlisted into the army.

And I spent
my first five years deployed

to a combat zone in Afghanistan.

My last five years
in the military,

I reclassed
to an intelligence analyst.

And I went on to get a degree

in intelligence
operations studies.

And so my role was to be

that strategic grounding place

for the two of us,

but I've had
the shield of my emotions

because that's been
my whole life story of, like,

I've always been this quirky,
weird, like, crying thing.

And people are like,

"Oh, gosh, she has no idea
what's going on in this world."

But you probably
should have read into it,

because I was scheming
the whole time.

So that's my...

that's my answer,
I'm sticking to it.

PROBST: Great start.

Jawan.

Hey, guys.

- Hi.
- JAWAN: You know me.

I'm an emotional, cheesy dude.

- No.
- JAWAN: So here's my emotional,
cheesy question.

What is your "why"?

And do you think your "why"

should play a role
in my decision tonight?

Um, let's start with you,
Savannah.

SAVANNAH:
All right. So, I know

people come in here,
including yourselves,

playing for their family,
for their friends,

and I'm playing for that, too.

[exhales]

I was, about a year ago,

uh, let go from my position,

um, as a news anchor in Atlanta.

And I was so frustrated
because I had given

so much back to the community
and so much to my job

that I decided this is the time
where I'm gonna be selfish

and I'm gonna
start living life for myself.

I'm gonna do things
that I always dreamed of doing

and that included
applying for this show.

So when I'm out here,
I'm doing this for myself today.

I'm doing this
for myself in the future,

because I'm hoping
to genuinely win tonight,

so I can set up my future
for success.

And I also think about doing
this for my past self, too.

I picture that little girl,
that seven-year-old girl

before every freaking challenge
that I do,

and I think about
what she would say.

So my why, Jawan,
is I'm out here for myself,

and I know
that might seem selfish,

and I know other people
have better whys than I do,

but you don't have to have
"the right why"

in order to be
the Sole Survivor.

So should my "why"
impact your decision tonight?

Honestly, I'm gonna say
I hope not.

And I'm just
being real with you.

Thank you. Soph?

SOPHI:
Um...

I miss you Jawan,
I'll be honest.

Like, it's nice
to hear your voice.

Aw.

SOPHI:
Yeah, so,

my parents and my grandparents
were immigrants,

and they came to America

with nothing
but the clothes on their back,

some good work ethic
and American dream,

not even knowing the language.

And so I've been working
since I was 12 years old.

You know, I've been
selling mangos on the street.

I sold cleaning services
door-to-door,

overnight shifts
at McDonald's, like...

Your girl has
done everything for a dollar.

And so I knew, coming out here,

I was gonna do everything
for a million, right?

Um, and then when I was 18,

my grandmother,
who I'm out here for,

was diagnosed with dementia
and Parkinson's.

And I sacrificed
going away for college

to become
her full-time caregiver.

And Survivor was our show.

It kind of kept
her spirit alive.

I remember being seven or eight
years old, and my grandmother

started saying things
in English, and I'm like,

"Lita, like, where are you
getting that from?"

And she's like, "'Yeff' Probst,"
you know, "Survivor."

[laughing]

And so, as much
as it is about myself,

it's about my grandmother,
what she did for me in my life,

the influence she had on me.

But yeah,
I guess my answer is...

No, don't use that
to make your decision tonight.

But I'm happy I was able
to share it with you.

- Thanks for your honesty.
- SOPHI: Yeah.

- Sage?
- SAGE: Um...

This is an emotional question,
so I'm going to get emotional.

And original Uli

knows about, um, Jesse--

the reason I have
this tattoo on my shoulder.

Jesse is a friend of mine
who passed away from leukemia.

And...

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

- You got it. You got it.
- [breathes deeply]

Thank you.

So...

this is for Jesse.

It's for his family.

It's for my partner Austin,

who's never left my side

throughout the whole ten years
we've been together.

And I've put that man
through a lot.

And I know you all
have your whys, too.

So, however
you make your decision,

I greatly just
appreciate the opportunity.

Genuinely.

I think I'm done here.

- Thank you.
- SAGE: Thank you.

Kristina.

KRISTINA:
First of all,

yes for the three ladies

- at the final.
- [laughing]

And I don't think
we've said that yet.

With that being said,

uh, my question
is for you, Savannah.

For me, you know,
I prioritize a social game.

And it kind of felt like,
at times,

that you really
did not genuinely care

to get to know people personally

that weren't
in your trio alliance.

And so I would like for you
to please name

one family member or partner

of everybody on the jury.

Wow.

Okay.

I don't think I can do that.

I would like
for you to try, please.

All right.

Wyatt.

MC, your family member...

I don't remember.

Alex, I know
we talked a lot about work.

Jawan,

I don't remember any
of your family members' names,

but I know that
you're the oldest brother,

and I know that your family
means more to you than anything.

Sophie,

I know you're the oldest
of four, I believe,

and I apologize for not
remembering their names.

Steven,

I know that you have a partner.

And I want to say her name is...

[mouthing]

...Kelsey.

Kristina, I know
that you're a mom to two,

and I'm shooting myself,
because in that one challenge

that we had
with you on the beam,

I literally remember screaming,
"Do it for..."

[mouthing]

SAVANNAH:
"...your child."

And I can't remember right now,
and I apologize for that.

Wow.

I appreciate the opportunity,
Kristina.

♪

MC.

Hi, ladies.

- Hey.
- MC: Okay.

- So super proud of y'all
- Thank you.

having three amazing women
in the Final.

And my question
is for all of y'all.

Walk me through a time

when there was more than one

strong argument
for who to vote out,

but you were persuasive enough

to get your way.

And let's actually
get Sage to go first.

[sighs]

Steven, I'm s-so sorry, dude.

I wanted to be with you
on that Soph vote,

but I decided that I had
to strike and be like,

"Hey, Kristina,
Steven would be the best option,

because any of us sitting
at the end, we don't win."

I'm not even
trying to gas you up.

Like, that's the reality.

KRISTINA:
And I do want to say that

you did absolutely

convince me to flip on Steven.

Had you decided
to vote for Soph,

then Soph would have gone home
that night.

SAGE:
I appreciate that.

And it was a risk
that at least got me here.

Who next, MC?

MC:
Let's go Soph.

Um, so I'm gonna take you guys
back to the old Kele days.

So, Jake gets bit by a snake.

It's me, Jeremiah and Alex.

And Alex doesn't know this,

but, before Tribal Council,

he was having a conversation
on the beach with Jeremiah.

And I hid behind bushes,

and I listened
to that entire conversation.

Right after that,
I went up to Alex, and I said,

"You can't trust Jeremiah,
because guess what?

He just told me all this stuff
that you told him."

But in reality, Jeremiah
didn't tell me anything.

I listened to all of it
from a tree.

And so that was me

persuading you
to not vote me out.

Yeah.

- Savannah, you can go.
- SAVANNAH: Thanks, MC.

I will say, I think

the one person up there

who I really
had an impact in saying,

"Hey, this person needs
to go on the jury tonight,"

was Kristina.

And let me tell you right now,
it was not personal.

I was absolutely terrified
to go up against you in fire,

because I've seen you
making fire,

and it looked like
you knew what you were doing.

And I know you don't
disagree with me.

No.

And so I told Rizo,

"I'm gonna put my foot down,

and I'm writing Kristina
for a strategic move."

SOPHI:
You know, Savannah,

I don't want to throw you
under the bus, but...

I thought you were kind of
making an emotional decision,

picking Sage.

I think you mentioned that

you'd rather have
your friends at the final three,

rather than other people.

SAVANNAH:
But I...

I would also like to say,
that wasn't the question.

And, at the end of the day,

my goal was to sit up here
with you and Rizo.

I'm loyal to the soil.

Like, I'm not trying to
flip on my allies at final four.

I'm not trying to send
my two allies into fire.

That's not my game.

That's your game. That's cool.

That's not mine.

Sending Kristina home
was the best move,

and so I persuaded my allies
that's what we should do.

MC:
Awesome.

Thank you all for your answers.

Great answers.

Steven.

STEVEN:
All right. Um, my vote,

like an astronaut
floating in space,

is still up in the air.

And I have not made up my mind.

So, my question is for Sage.

After the merge,

we were in a seven-person
majority alliance,

and then
you proceeded to vote out

every single person
except for Jawan.

I mean, you're in
the final three, so it worked,

but I would like you
to convince me

why that betrayal
is worth my vote.

SAGE:
Yeah, so, as an
intelligence analyst,

you have to analyze, like,
who are my allies,

who are my adversaries,

what are their assets,
what are their deficits

and then what are their
possible counterattacks.

Everybody I took out
leaked information on me

or they had
the opportunity to leak

really vital information on me.

With Alex, as an example, like,

everything about me and Jawan
was getting back to Rizo.

And, like,
you literally owned it

when you walked out by saying,

"That's what I get
for playing both sides."

So confirmed adversary,
had to go.

- Um...
- STEVEN: But I, again,

I see this trio

that should be on the bottom.

I feel like I'm being blamed
for a lot of betrayals.

MC:
But we still had the majority.

That's why...
that's why it's confusing.

- Yeah.
- SAGE: Well,

what you guys
see as flip-flopping

I see as me adapting.

And as you guys pointed out,
I'm sitting here.

So I feel like I was playing
a much more strategic game

than I think people
were giving me credit for.

Thank you for your answer.

Thank you.

Nate, bring us home.

Yes, sir.
Um, all right, ladies.

I'd like to hear
the single strategic move

that you've made
that you're most proud of.

And we'll start with Soph.

SOPHI:
Okay, I like this question.

So coming into the merge,

I wanted to give myself options
outside of my three

because they were the ones
really at the bottom,

I was just attached to them.

- And so, um...
- [laughing]

- Yeah, and...
- True!

SAVANNAH:
Hey, guilty as charged.

- Yeah.
- Started at the bottom
now I'm here, babe.

SOPHI:
Yeah. But people
were willing to talk to me.

And, like you guys said,

a seven-person alliance,
us three took that over.

And I don't think we would have
been able to do that had I not

had those connections with Alex,
with Jawan, with Sage.

And so I'm proud
of the social game that I had.

Yeah, so I would say that.

All right, Savannah.

SAVANNAH:
Okay, yeah, so I think

my best strategic decision
comes down

to one conversation
with you, Sophie.

And I identified
Sophie immediately

as someone
who I wanted to work with.

So I sat down with you.

And I was like, "Dude, can
I just be real for a second?"

And you looked right back at me,

and you're like,
"Yeah, let's be ... real."

[laughing]

It was literally
just such a legit conversation.

And that's
when I gave you my pitch.

I'm like, "Dude, if we're
kind of working here together,

"there is a way for us
to make it far in the game,

"because there are already
people who are throwing out

both of our names."

And when Jawan and Sage
decided to flip,

the person who told me, "Hey,

there's something
a little fishy going on,"

was my girl Sophie.

And so it's like
this seed that I had planted

finally paying off
when I needed it the most--

the first time that I did not
wear that immunity necklace.

And then,
I hate to say it, Sophie,

but the next vote,
you're throwing my name out.

[laughing]

So, yeah, that's
my social and strategic move

that I'm very proud of.

All right, Sage, one move
you're-you're really proud of.

Yeah, one move
I was really proud of

also has to do
with my lady Sophie.

Um, so, once you

flipped on Jawan,

I realized, "Oh, crap, Sophie's
not just super tight with me.

She's super tight
with kind of everybody."

So, at that point,

okay, Sophie,
confirmed adversary, has to go.

But the dessert was

she's going home right after
she got out my guy Jawan.

- Uh...
- My only flag to that is,
didn't everybody vote for me?

- [laughs]
- I was just about to say...

Like, was it that hard
to get people to vote for me?

But Savannah
did not win that time, either.

It could have been
an even toss-up

between two
major challenge threats.

But the primary driver was,
'cause, at that moment,

I realized you were playing
a phenomenal strategic game.

Jury, great Final Tribal.

You gave Soph, Savannah and Sage

plenty of opportunity
to make their case.

I'm gonna give you
a closing statement.

These are your last words
to them before they vote.

Soph, get us going.

Uh, so I feel like
I've been on my hands and knees

throughout this entire game.

And somehow
I've gotten myself here.

You know, I've been
to 12 Tribal Councils.

I have voted out more people
this season than anybody here.

And I've done it

without having to hide behind
immunity necklaces,

without having
to hide behind immunity idols,

without having
to backstab my allies.

And I feel like I've done it

in a way that was social,
strategic

and even physical,
when it mattered the most.

I earned my spot here.
Nobody else can say that.

I put Savannah and Rizo in fire.

And I'm actually
really proud of this, you know?

There hasn't been an all-female
final three since season 29.

It's been 20 seasons,
and I'm really proud of it,

and I hope you guys
can respect that as well.

PROBST:
Savannah.

[exhales]

I think I deserve
the million dollars because,

out of everybody here,

I have dodged
the most bullets successfully.

And that comes down
to three different things.

First,
it's my adaptable strategy.

When I learned
I was on the bottom,

I did what it took to survive.

I also, secondly, focused
on important relationships.

And I understand
I was not the closest

with every single person
up there.

But the key relationships
that I made,

those are what eventually
carried me to the top.

For my third point here,
I won immunity necklaces.

Yeah, I did need
the necklace to stay safe,

because I was
such a friggin' threat.

I think that's
got to speak for itself.

And I truly enjoyed

hanging out and meeting
each and every one of you.

Thank you, guys.

PROBST:
Sage.

Geez, that's
a tough order to fill.

Um...

I really appreciate y'all's
questions tonight. Like,

I talked a lot about
my strategic game tonight,

but there was
a social component.

And the social component was,

I said I was gonna come in here
and just be myself.

Because if I can be myself, I'm
gonna find my fellow weirdos,

I'm gonna find my fellow people

that want to be
vulnerable with me

to, like,
game and strategize with me.

This got really fun.

I've talked about my bucket list
a lot in this game,

and one of my bucket list items

was to end up
in the final three seats

with two other strong women.

So, truly, thank you
for allowing me to be here.

PROBST:
All right.

Soph, Savannah, Sage,
you did a wonderful job

of defending your game.

And there's only one thing

left to do, and that is vote.

Jury, I'm gonna
give you all a moment

to take in everything
you've heard tonight.

And then we will vote
for a winner of Survivor 49.

♪

♪

All right.
For Soph, Savannah, Sage,

there is only one time
at Tribal Council

you want to see your name
on the parchment,

and that is tonight.

For the last time,
it is time to vote.

Nate, you're up.

I came in here today

leaning in one direction,

and you completely
changed my mind.

Amazing work, girl.

I went from
writing your name down,

trying to get you out

to writing your name down
because

I think you are
a very deserving winner.

All right.

This is, uh,

a head versus heart decision,

but I got to go with my heart.

Sage.

Thank you for being family
for me out here.

I love you.

RIZO:
I'm so glad to give you
this million dollars.

You are an absolute rock star.
Congrats on

cementing yourself...

as legend status.

I'll go get the votes.

Yeah.

Wow.

Soph, Savannah, Sage.

Twenty-six days

of living
in the jungles of Fiji,

playing this crazy game
called Survivor,

and it comes down to this.

The jury has
made their decision.

I'll read the votes.

Wow.

First vote:

Soph.

What?

Wow.

Savannah.

One vote Soph,
one vote Savannah.

Sage.

One vote Soph, one vote
Savannah, one vote Sage.

- Soph.
- Really?

- PROBST:
That's two votes Soph...
- Wow.

- [laughing]
- Wow.

PROBST:
...one vote Savannah,
one vote Sage.

Savannah.

Tied again.
Two votes Soph,

two votes Savannah,

one vote Sage.

Savannah.

That's three votes Savannah,

two votes Soph, one vote Sage.

The winner of Survivor 49:

- Savannah.
- [cheering, whooping]

There it is-- Survivor's
crowned its newest winner,

Savannah,

that's got a million dollars

for her time out here.
Come on over, jury.

Well, every season
of Survivor is unique.

This was a season, really,
about extremes.

We had it with

intense loyalty
before the merge,

then no loyalty after the merge.

And then we had intense heat,
and then we had

an evacuation, so there's a lot
to talk about.

We're gonna do it. We're gonna
sit down with everybody

here in the jungles of Fiji.

And also tonight, you're getting

your first look at Survivor 50.

It's the Survivor 49 aftershow
from Fiji.

Be right back.

Up next...

Here's to season 49!

[all cheering, whooping]

I wanted to flip the script
of the idol,

Jeff, and it worked for nine

damn Tribal Councils.

Later tonight, your first look

at Survivor 50!

[all cheering]

SOPHIE:
Can we do a quick cheers
to season 49?

- Like, let's go! Here's to 49!
- [cheering]
- Here's to season 49!

[whooping]

PROBST:
That's how you start
an aftershow, right there.

All right, welcome to

the Survivor 49 aftershow.

[cheering, whooping]

I got to say, I'm really proud
of the final three.

[all assenting]

NATE:
Incredible.

Everybody got votes.
That is so rare.

- Yeah.
- Let me take a poll. Who voted

- for Sage?
- Hi.

Thank you.

And what was it based on, Jawan?

Head versus heart.

Like, I'm an emotional dude,

and she was there for me,

like, when no one else was.

So, that's family,

- you know?
- PROBST: That's beautiful.

Who voted for Soph?

- Wow.
- Kristina and MC. Kristina, why?

Soph played the exact game

that I wanted to play,

and I, honestly,
was kind of on the fence.

But then, to hear her, like,
just owning everything,

I was like,
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Killed it, girl.

Who voted for Savannah?

- Thank you.
- Sophie, what was it for you

- about Savannah's game?
- SOPHIE: I think

Savannah said it best:
she's been

catching bullets
since the merge.

And she won challenges

when, if she didn't win,
she was going home.

And so that's
just incredible to me,

that she was able to outlast

when her name
was always an option.

I also just want to say...

I have said that she was gonna
win from day one,

so even though I didn't win,

I kind of feel a little
street cred for predicting

- the winner sitting next to me.
- PROBST: Jawan, while

Sage is predicting,

uh, Savannah's victory, what
are you doing? What happened?

I was just being a good listener

and forgot that I was pouring
too much champagne.

- Just a little overfill?
- JAWAN: Yeah.

So this probably should...
should be my last glass.

No, we're done.
Now you can have fun.

- [all assenting]
- This is all about fun.

Soph, I'm gonna make
a cultural reference

- Yeah.
- that might not mean
anything to anybody

- but me.
- SOPHI: Okay.

But when I was a kid,
there was a movie

called The Bad News Bears.

You embody the spirit
of The Bad News Bears

to me in the greatest way.

You never, ever gave up.

Second place, Jeff! Whoo!

- [whooping, cheering]
- SOPHI: Yeah! I'm still

getting a bag out here, guys!

And it's crazy, because

I know I'm not
the strongest person here.

I know I'm not
the smartest person here.

But, I mean,
I outwitted, outplayed,

outlasted all these people.
Just, like...

So, I'm super excited.

And I need to
tell them something

that I haven't told them.

After the merge,
we had to come up with

a tribe name.
And I told them that

the Fijian word lewatu
means "family."

Doesn't mean "family."

It is a tribute
to my grandmother.

- KRISTINA: Aw.
- It translates to "grandmother,"

but it also translates to

"highest ranking woman
in the village."

- [all exclaim]
- Hell yeah!

Hell yeah!

Highest ranking woman
in the village!

- Hey!
- SOPHI: Yeah.

And so the fact that
the final three are three women

and a woman won--

I feel like it's such
a full circle thing.

- It was almost like
a manifestation
- Yeah.

- in the weirdest way.
- Hell yeah.

But I'm really
happy about it. Sorry

I lied to you guys.
But that's pretty badass.

- That's pretty cool.
- SAVANNAH: I'm glad you did,
I'm glad you did.

- Yeah.
- PROBST: Savannah.

I asked you a couple of times
during the game how it felt

to reach this milestone,

with all of these great women
who've played.

Take me back to the little girl

who looked up to, as you said,
Kim Spradlin,

one of the all-time greats--

what does it feel like
to now be up on that mountain

alongside her
and other amazing women?

Dude, it's insane.
And, honestly,

this whole season,
I've had conversations

with different people about

imposter syndrome, and I think

so many of us feel it.
It's like,

we've grown up
watching this show,

we're obsessed with
some of these major names

and, like, literally,
I want to be

like Kim. She was the player
who I aspired to be.

- Wow.
- And maybe I didn't get here
the same way.

I didn't have exactly the same
social game as Kim did,

which we can all recognize.

But, like, it feels...

it feels incredible.

And it's this
larger than life feeling,

and I usually
have the right words,

I usually have some crap to say,

but, like, in this moment,
I'm like--

I don't even know what to say,
because I've never

experienced anything
like this before.

It's just a crazy feeling.

PROBST:
All right, we're gonna
take a quick break.

Later tonight-- they're not
gonna want to hear this--

your first look-- actually,

- maybe you will want to
hear it-- it's Survivor 50.
- [all assenting]

- [all exclaiming]
- Who doesn't want
to hear about that?

- [whooping, cheering]
- ♪

PROBST:
Up next...

All right,
let's talk about idols.

Oh, all of 'em
played incorrectly.

[all laughing]

PROBST:
Alex, was there a moment
where you thought,

"I just want out"?

ALEX:
Jeff, this is something
that I would

never do, and I'm
out here catching fish,

killing chickens,
but I would sign up for it

again and again.

Your first look at Survivor 50.

- ♪
- [cheering, whooping]

- ♪
- [indistinct chatter]

Welcome back
to the Survivor 49 aftershow.

- [cheering]
- Let's go!

- Forty-nine!
- We have a great cast.

- STEVEN: Forty-nine.
- PROBST: All right,
I want to talk about

the idols and advantages.

This is how I took the game.
Tell me if I get this right.

- Oh, God.
- Oh, all of 'em
played incorrectly.

PROBST:
Kristina played her idol
for Steven.

Didn't need to.

MC-- played your idol.

Didn't need to.
Alex,

you played your idol.
Didn't need to.

Soph, you have
the Knowledge Is Power.

Didn't work.

- SOPHI: Yeah.
- You tried to use it on Steven,

who did use his Block a Vote.

Didn't matter,
still got voted out.

[all laughing]

Savannah played the extra vote.
Didn't need it.

- Yeah! I'm gonna say
- Yes!

that is our--
that is debatable.

The vote was five-three-one.

- [all laughing]
- Okay, fair.

PROBST:
Even Rizo--

every week,
I was here at Tribal:

"Oh, maybe he is gonna play it."

Sometimes he walked up

and dangled it in front of me.

So, do you think

that is all influenced
by Survivor 46?

Yeah, I wanted to flip
the script of the idol, Jeff.

Because 46--
it was bizarre to me

that five people found it
back-to-back-to-back-to-back,

and all went home
back-to-back-to-back-to-back.

Because they use a tool that was
once used as an offensive weapon

as a defense mechanism,
and I'm like,

"Dude, I'm on friggin'
Survivor." And I'm ready

to make a statement, so why not

use it as a weapon
and be like,

"All right, try to vote me out.

I'll use it and vote you out."

And it worked every single time

- for nine damn Tribal Councils,
- [groaning, laughing]

and...

- ALEX: Boo.
- You know,

I was so proud of the game

that I played and what I did
for the idol, because

I want to inspire
a new mindset for people.

Like, I want people
to be innovative and creative,

because when you just sit back
and let the game play you,

you're gonna
get your torch snuffed.

Rizo, I love the energy
you're bringing.

And that's the whole idea
of Survivor

is put you in these
extreme situations

to see what you're capable of.

All right,
I want to own something.

This season was so hot

it even got to me.

- SAVANNAH: Oh, my God.
- Yes.

PROBST:
Jawan, was there ever a moment

where you thought,

"It's so hot I just want out"?

I've been applying to this show
for over eight years!

You think some heat's
gonna take me out?

Oh, hell no.

This is the dream, you know?

- Yeah.
- JAWAN: Like, I'm eating pizza

- At the finale.
- on the-- At the finale.

- Right?
- And it's pretty good. You know?

Word on the street said it
wasn't a-- it wasn't all that.

- It's not bad.
- [all laughing]

I'm sorry, Uncle Jeff,
I'm sorry.

What streets?

- [laughing, chattering]
- Never mind!

RIZO:
The Survivor streets!

Alex, how about for you--
was there a moment

where you thought, "Man,

- I don't know."
- ALEX: Yeah.

When Soph and I were
down to our final two.

We were sleeping
on the beach together.

[Sophi yelps]

ALEX:
Oh, my God.

[chuckles]: Oh, no.

- SOPHI: What?
- ALEX: This is our lives.

We can't catch a break.

This is such a joke.

There are just so many factors
you don't even think about

when you're applying
to Survivor.

- Yeah.
- ALEX: But, Jeff,

I sit at-at a desk 24 hours

a day at work, and so,

coming out here was like
heaven for me, you know?

This is something
that I would never do,

and I'm out here catching fish,
killing chickens.

I had blood on my face
at some point.

I don't-- I--
I don't even know.

But I would sign up for it
again and again,

because we got so much
out of this experience

- I love that.
- that we never

would have expected.

PROBST:
Well, this season
was so intense, Jake

was bitten by a sea krait

and had to be evacuated.

Big snake just latched on to me.

I was just sitting here,
minding my own business,

and it came up and just,
like, latched on to me.

Yeah, like, right here, look,
you can see two little marks.

ALEX:
This is a highly venomous snake.

I'm worried about
his life at this point.

We're just gonna lay you flat,
we're gonna

get some oxygen on you.

There you go. I know.

We're gonna take
good care of you, okay?

Jake was someone that I was

extremely close with
in the game,

- [indistinct whispering]
- and this really

extended beyond the game.
So it was a tr--

- very traumatic thing
for all of us.
- SOPHI: Yeah. And I did

want to ask you, do you--
How is Jake? Is he--

- Okay. Sorry. Sorry.
- Uh, I do have an update
on Jake, but...

one of the unique things about

doing an aftershow moments after

three people finish
is emotions come up,

and Sage,
I don't want you to feel

I don't see what's happening.
I was

- trying to give you some space.
- Yeah, yeah.

- But I want to check in.
- SAGE: I-- Can I just clarify?

Like, it's not about the loss.

Like, it's such a privilege
to be here.

Um... I think

it's hard to separate

emotion from game.

But, um...

...it kills me to think that,
like, I-I...

I might have hurt people.

- Like, so... You know, that's
- Oh, Sage.

- a part of the game. Um, and...
- No.

I love that you guys
are comforting me,

but, like, it's one of those
mo... moments where

I'm like, "Oh, crap,
like, I don't even think

I deserve that right now,"

- 'cause I don't...
- Sage.
- What are you talking about?

No, no, I don't want it to be...
I genuinely...

- It's a game. It's a game.
- I-I understand that.

But there's parts of this

that are more than a game
to me and, like...

But trust that we know that.
Like, I know that.

- We love you.
- SOPHIE: I know that.

- Okay, can I offer something?
- SAGE: Yeah.

I had this phrase come to me
a long time ago,

and it stayed with me,
and that is

"Everybody has a story.

"Once you understand
their story,

their life makes sense."

- JAWAN: Mm.
- Because we all see ourselves
in each other.

- That's really
nice of you to say.
- MC: Mm-hmm.

- Thanks, Jeff. I appreciate it.
- It's true.

- That's the truth.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

All right, you want
an update on Jake?

- Yes! Please.
- PROBST: Okay.

So, Jake had to be evacuated,

but here's the upside.

- He got home just in time...
- SOPHI: I knew it!

- I knew it!
- just in time

- to see the birth of
- SOPHI: Wow.

Jax Paul Kenneth Latimer,

- SOPHI: Aw.
- ALEX: Wow.
- born healthy at eight pounds.

And congratulations
to the mom, Louise.

- Was it destiny?
Who knows? But...
- SOPHI: I think so.

- 'Cause that's what he was
mea-was meant to happen.
- Yeah. He was meant to be there.

SOPHI:
And it sucks that
he had to get bit

by a snake, but it's fine.
Like...

- It's fine?
- I mean, I...

- We're gonna take a little break
- He's a fighter.

from the Survivor 49 aftershow.

When we come back,

your first look at Survivor 50.

- SOPHIE: Oh, my God!
- [all cheering]

Welcome back
to the Survivor 49 aftershow.

It's always hard
to have a season end.

Fortunately, we always
have another one

coming around the corner.
And in case you haven't heard,

Survivor 50's very special,

because we turned the show
over to the fans.

You voted on lots of elements

designing the game that you
want to see the players play.

The question is what are they
gonna do with it?

Here's your first look
at Survivor 50.

♪

COACH:
I'll start with
a quote from Magellan.

"Life is for the bold

"to seize the opportunity
when it comes.

"Not those poor, intrepid souls

"that stay close to shore.

"But it is the person that
goes out in the storm...

...that reap the high rewards."

♪

PROBST:
Welcome to

Survivor 50!

We chose you

to represent 25 years

of the greatest adventure
on television.

It's a big honor.

And the only thing
we want in exchange

for giving you this spot...

...is everything.

JENNA:
Season 50's a celebration
of the game

that created my entire life.

CIRIE:
It's been 20 years for me.
It's definitely

unfinished business.

COLBY:
Look, how many more shots

am I gonna get?

Q:
Make no mistake about it,

I'm thinking about winning.

And I'm about to cancel
everything that you can cancel.

Your Christmas, your vacation,

your doctor's appointment.

OZZY:
The twist "In the Hands
of the Fans"

is gonna open up

Pandora's box.

The fans voted on things
that impact this game.

- Oh, my God.
- [laughing, exclaiming]

KAMILLA:
We have to be ready
for anything,

which is scary.

[cheering, whooping]

Oh, my God!

RIZO:
Now I see Zac Brown

on Survivor.

RICK:
It's a Billie Eilish

boomerang idol.

CHRISTIAN:
Jimmy Fallon

may decide my fate
in this game.

PROBST:
Welcome to Survivor 50, MrBeast.

- I brought a briefcase.
- [Survivors exclaiming]

STEPHENIE:
Season 50's the biggest moment

in Survivor history.

TIFFANY:
This is theSurvivor Colosseum.

It's do or die.

JOE:
I don't just want to win,

I do want to make a statement.

[cheering, clamoring, whooping]

Here we go!

Feels a little like,
uh, you know,

uh, high school reunion
meets, like, a,

like, a-a massacre.

♪

That will be in the spring,

Survivor 50 will premiere.

And here's something fun
we're doing.

In the two weeks leading up to

the premiere of Survivor 50,

Monday through Friday,

we're gonna have
Survivor episodes on.

Iconic episodes that feature

some of the players
that will be competing

in Survivor 50.

This is our way of reminding you

why we chose them to be

on Survivor 50.
All right,

if you want to be on Survivor...

- Apply!
- PROBST: You got to apply.

All right, thanks for watching,
and we'll see you in the spring

for Survivor 50.
Let's go sign this.

- Come on.
- [all whooping]

Yeah!

PROBST:
Winner, you get
the first marker.

- SOPHI: Second runner-up!
- Second. You get

the third marker.
Where's Sage?

- And then Rizo. Just like that.
- Yeah!

Write in next to the arc,
my name.

- Oh, I love it!
- RIZO: Oh, actually-- All right,

- I'll be right next to you guys.
- KRISTINA: Yeah, like second--

second-best.

SAVANNAH and SOPHI:
Tres Leches!

- STEVEN: Come on!
- JAWAN: Cheers!

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